why, i don't know. >> hagerman isn't the only bus aide who wanted to testify on nancy's behalf.sue coates had also been her aide during the months that the kids claim the abuse was taking place. >> i begged bradley every day, put me on the stand, please. i was her aide. i know how she behaved. >> then there was eddie soto, another coworker of nancy's. he wanted the jury to hear about the night that margie grondin told him a secret. >> margie did come to my house, knock on my door. she did told me in the beginning of the investigation that the little girl was saying, no, that didn't happen. i said, margie if this is -- this is serious. she's changing the story. you need to -- you need to speak up. >> the prosecutor, however, objected, and the judge threw that testimony out. >> they said, no, this is hearsay stuff. we don't want to hear this. as a matter of fact, i think i was, i got kicked out of that bench so fast that it -- i -- it wasn't, it wasn't right. >> so much monday morning quarterbacking, regret, and recrimination, and yet as it turned out, perhaps the most potent piec