because the president has already admitted he did have this conversation with ukraine s leader and he did talk about the bidens and he did in effect ask this foreign power to investigate one of his political opponents. and he said he spoke, mentioned vice president biden s name, but did not ask for an investigation. he may have, by the way. i just don t know whether that was in fact said by the president or not. that was mitt romney talking to nbc s geoff bennett, not garrett haik. senator lisa murkowski was similarly cautious today telling alaska public media that if the president used his influence to pressure ukraine it would be very concerning. now, today senate majority leader mitch mcconnell broke his silence on the issue, accusing democrats of politicizing the whistleblower process in their attempts to shed light on the allegations. it is regrettable that house