makes total sense. >> it does. >> of course it does because the idea, look, they've already passed 60 bills that are message bills. some of them are great. some of them are okay. they have not resonated with the american public. the bottom line is, there is nothing left for them to do. they need to maintain their oversight. just from the strictly a political standpoint. you need the civics part to justify this. but from a political standpoint, something needs to fill the vacuum that exists between now and the election. we saw some indication what the republicans are willing to do. donald trump today was talking about investigating president obama. if the democrats don't fill that will vacuum, the republicans will. and from a political standpoint, they needed to fill that vacuum. >> christina, there's a question of timing here, as we well know, they're headed on vacation off for the entire month of august. if you think about the timing of all this, we couldn't be looking at the launch of an impeachment inquiry even till late fall. right? then we would be well into the primaries by january. and then you have the election