and i think that the idea that the senate rules are not going to amount to a fair trial is a powerful argument to make. i take lanhee's point that in the end i think speaker pelosi is probably going to send these articles of impeachment to the senate. but she could put kind of a squeeze on mcconnell to try to defend rules that may not seem fair to a lot of americans, to 71% of americans who say, yeah, maybe we would like to hear from witnesses. >> and, lanhee, as promised, tell me how to republican senators, especially those who are up and vulnerable but certainly those who are more middle of the road -- tell me how they're going to hear who wants to hear from john bolton, conservative foreign policy icon, and then say, no, no thanks. we're good. >> yeah. i mean this is the dilemma of frankly a lot of these republicans who have tight elections next year as well as those who are probably more