It was reported that President Clinton was going to show up at the airport.
Cardinal O'Connor made it very clear that if Clinton showed up at the airport, Cardinal O'Connor would leave.
The only way that Clinton ever set foot in St Patrick's was when the good Cardinal died.
..and than when Cardinal Egan mentioned how O'Connor was an advocate for the unborn, they there shamed into standing after an over 1 minute ovation.
So you're saying that Cardinal O'Connor would have refused to carry out his pastoral duties merely because of his distate for Bill Clinton? You don't think much of His Eminence, do you? I have a hard time believing that a man of his stature would let personal animosity keep him from ministering to those in need.