clear-cut? that s the concern on something like this. it goes to the debate about when you re allowed to call something a public favor a lie. with intent to deceive. it meets every definition of a lie. but 6th believes it. it is the george costanza rule. is it a lie if you believe it? he can t unless he thinks there was an evil twin. this is something the entire republican party faces with the president and with roy moore. sure, the president has made the calculation that he is going to protect his relationship with his most passionate supporters at the cost of a political judgment, moral judgment. he wants the seat. he wants the seat more than he wants to take a moral stand. that s fine. but do they want to go along with him on that ride? that s a much tougher question.