if the whittaker thing, if the president told him to replace the person in charges of sdny, he did it while he was in office and that would fall within that obstruction bucket, correct, paul? i agree. also i m going to gently disagree with ross. the misuse of presidential authority is precisely what the founders thought was the ground for impeachment. george mason objected to the pardon power on the ground that it was too broad to which james madison said that s og, we ll impeach anybody who aputibuc ab power. when we think the president has overstepped the bounds of presidential authority in a way that transgresses the rule of law, destroys the checks and balances, attacks the free press, for example, that is, i think, a suitable ground for impeachment and actually a superior one in some ways. two questions quickly, paul. do you think we re there? think we re close. i certainly think that it would not be outrageous for the house