A Mixed Legacy

A couple of days ago, I heard on NBC that Clinton was being criticized for saying the Pope had "a mixed legacy." Then their interview of Clinton (not available in print on their site) showed him as if he was backtracking, saying that the Pope did some things that were conservative and other things not, but he was mostly spiritual. But a lot of the quotes attributed to Clinton about the Popes's "mixed legacy" said that was true of "all of us". From drudgereport:

En route to Rome, Clinton told reporters the pope "centralized authority in the papacy again and enforced a very conservative theological doctrine. There will be debates about that. The number of Catholics increased by 250 million on his watch. But the numbers of priests didn't. He's like all of us - he may have a mixed legacy."

Ironically, MSNBC earlier spoke of Clinton saying of him As a statesman, a mixed legacy.