pretty modest. we should point out for fairness that chuck schumer had a different position, he wants witnesses now, during the clinton impeachment dnlidn t wa witnesses. how are they explaining the position. this is a tactic when senators have been around long enough, dig up old clips of each other on the floor. especially for particular nominations, clearly for impeachment proceedings. many senators have taken different sides. chuck schumer in the focus today with his outline for witnesses and other trial requests, explained it away as saying look, witnesses i thought were not necessary during the clinton impeachment trial had testified in the house proceedings, four witnesses he called for this time around rebuffed subpoenas or calls from house democrats to testify. he says that s a different situation. i m not sure that argument will fly with republicans who have broadly come around to the consensus they don t want witnesses in the senate trial