i saw this morning that langford said this.de. the impeachable act was trying to interfere with the next election. it is like trying to say lance armstrong was doping, but let's let him ride the tour and if he wins it is all cool. you will let the next election decide the issue with which trump was trying to impact. so a lot of these guys are getting backed into that corner. in some ways i think that's why you're going the see them move more to the absolutely absurd marco rubio defense which is, oh, he was just joking, right, because that's honestly the only way to get out of the corner on this. >> well, of course marco said he was just joking and a couple of days later the president was asked outside of the white house if he was joking and in effect he said, no, if china wants to do it they should do it. also that brings up this china issue though, just underlines what you just said, tim, because it is not about 2016. it is not about what is happening in the past. it is what is happening in the future. it is what is going to h