like graham senators who served more than two decades ago also fretted about president clinton s impeachment trial. then senate majority leader lott says there were concerns about publicly airing salacious details about mr. clinton s affair with lewinsky. there were some who wanted to have witnesses on the floor of the senate, bill clinton, monica lewinsky and i said no we re not going to demean this institution to that degree. that s why lott and then senate minority leader conducted three witness interviews all in private instead of calling them to testify publicly. it is unclear if the senators can form a bipartisan accord in president trump s trial in such a toxic political climate. if they don t do this in the right way, if they have witnesses on the floor, i think it takes on a context that could be harmful. it s bad enough, and if this turns into an absolute, you know, mud-slipging process mud-slipg slinging process it