31.   But the entire effort might have failed had Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., not intervened to negotiate the modest revisions that pulled in freshman Republican votes.

32.   But the ballots will be coded so that only Republican votes count toward selecting Republican delegates and only Democratic votes pick Democratic delegates.

33.   But Republican votes will ultimately make the difference.

34.   But the Republican vote is less predictable.

35.   But the negotiations are tricky because raising the amount of foreign aid, to appeal to Democrats, could cost Republican votes.

36.   Clinton aides said the president would go after Republican votes in Republican states, confident of his solid standing nationally.

37.   Clinton said he rebuffed attempts to win Republican votes by toughening U.S. abortion-related curbs on funding for family planning clinics around the world.

38.   Collins and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., were the other two Republican votes for acquittal on both counts.

39.   Clinton also lost a Republican vote Tuesday when Rep. Jack Quinn, another New Yorker, reversed course and said he would vote for impeachment.

40.   Democratic supporters saying they badly need Republican votes to pass the measure.