parties in this don't line up. mitch mcconnell as you said has an interesting. and why we think of mcconnell as allied here, they're not. mitch mcconnell's loyalty is to his caucus, what his loyalty is to protecting the vulnerable senators that are up for re-election. not for protecting donald trump. he keeps his job regardless of whether donald trump is removed from office. >> i think that's the key. >> i do too. >> one of the things -- i brought up this analogy earlier in the show. it was so good. what you have here is the world's best two poker players playing the highest stakes game of poker you can have in nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. the problem is there's a joker in the deck. and that joker is president trump. and we now know what he wants out of this. because lindsey graham yesterday told us. listen.