For the record, Bonds was not convicted of lying to the GJ. He was convicted of obstruction of justice for telling a rambling story about growing up the son of a pro baseball player, blah, blah, blah as an answer to a question, instead of directly answering the question. Most likely this conviction will be reversed on appeal.
As for Betsy, on the one hand she's proven to be tough and has had to put up with a lot of abuse she doesn't deserve. And I know she kind of got dragged in to it by being questioned about a conversation she may have overheard. But I can't help but put myself in those shoes and I can honestly say that I would have viewed that conversation as none of my business and would have never revealed the contents of that conversation to anyone. "I don't recall" and if pressed about my presence there, I'd have continued, "I don't know man, I don't make a point of listening to conversations between a patient and their doctors since it's a private thing," would have been my reply if asked. I mean, what business would it have been of mine?
If I felt bad about the situation and really wanted to clean up cycling, I'd have pressed Lance to come clean himself, harassed him about it privately for years, I'd have campaigned against doping in other ways, heck maybe even worked with the doping authorities to develop ways to catch these guys red handed. But there is just something untoward about revealing a man's words, especially words (allegedly) spoken in such desperate times, and I could have never done it.
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