He told the undecided Republicans on the committee, "This is something we just cannot walk away from.
One undecided Republican, Phil English of Pennsylvania, said, "This will make my decision a lot easier."
Then his legalistic answers to 81 questions submitted by the Judiciary Committee upset undecided Republicans anew.
Some of those 20% undecided Republicans will now discover Perry.
The leadership strategy is intended to pressure as many as three dozen undecided Republicans to vote to impeach the President on at least one count.
And Mr. Armey also held a meeting with undecided Republicans last night to review the issue.
Their target is the hearts and minds of undecided Republicans like Cora Parello.
But Mr. Clinton stopped well short of the admission that some undecided Republicans were looking for: that he had in fact lied under oath.
It could also give undecided Republicans political license to back the legislation, which is already close to having the votes it needs to pass the Senate.
They spent much of that time wrestling with about 10 rebellious but "undecided" Republicans, pleading and pressuring one after another to vote for the agreement.