but the reality is, i'll be surprised if the investigation into this is significantly bipartisan if you start to see substantial criticism. we'll see, maybe they'll surprise us, but i've said that before and never been surprised, joe. >> mike barnicle, draw parallels with watergate? this sounds like something that john mitchell would have tried to do. i'm not so sure that even he would have been allowed to get what it. but again, let's just -- the article i branch is investigating the article ii branch. the article ii branch spice on the article i branch. and not just generally, but explicitly the very people who are investigating the president. are there any precedents there? >> joe, i had an interesting conversation yesterday with the members of the united states senate and the first question raised was, it makes you wonder. this particular action makes you wonder what else is there that