subtext to say no quid pro quo. i agree with david that it doesn't have to be quid pro quo. the president of the ukraine asked for antitank missiles because he has a problem, russian mercenary tanks. the president says, well, let me talk to you a minute about some other things, i'm a great friend of the ukraine except we haven't really been paid back, let's get into this biden matter. it's a classic shakedown. that's going to be the argument. these senate republicans, should the democrats vote impeachment which is far more likely than not, are going to be pinned down to a yes/no answer. if they provide cover to donald trump for this, a clear violation of his role as president, we're going to lose colorado with cory gardner, we're going to lose maine with susan collins, we're going to lose arizona with mcsally and the democrats will put the senate very much in play. the cold hard toll picpolitics will get worse and worse for