but it does keep for democrats maybe their only big piece of leverage when it comes to the senate majority leader, to try to force him to make a deal on what the rules are going to be for the senate trial. i think that democrats in general and pelosi in particular were alarmed when mitch mcconnell said that he did not see his role as that of an impartial juror but one who would see that the president was acquitted. this lent uncertainty to the process that's ahead. we know that the president wants this trial to happen, he wants to get acquitted, he thinks that's important. actually i think that speaker pelosi also would like to have this off the plate, that if he's going to get this acquittal which we think he will, probably, from the republican-controlled senate, she would like that to happen so democrats can go back to talking about things like health care. it's not really a delay for another two weeks because congress is out of town, nothing is going to happen until january 6th in any case. >> lonnie, do any republicans