The third Firing Line on "The Future of the GOP," the first having been with

Richard Nixon in 1967, the second with Elliot Richardson midway through the protracted Watergate agony. On this occasion, Mr. Buckley attempts to engage the Vice President on the question whether President Nixon shouldn't take into account the position of Republican congressmen facing re-election in deciding how to respond if a bill of impeachment should be brought. Unfortunately for the quality of the discussion, Mr. Ford's loyalty, or prudence, prevents him from even considering such a hypothetical involving his Chief. The closest he will come to answering is to say: "I don't think there is sufficient evidence to contend as an impeachable offense that the President was involved in the alleged cover-up, or in the cover-up."