guy i think is in political trouble. >> you know, when i covered capitol hill as sort of full time reporter one thing i learned is no one wants to take votes they don't need to take. you want to take a vote as a politician and get on record if there's something that you want to pass that's important to you. if there's an agenda that you want to see. if there money that needs to be appropriated. but there's no one in the senate i think are psyched they have to vote on the president's conduct. is that fair? >> i think it is fair and i think there are probably a lot of people tucking on mitch's coat right now and saying can't we find a procedural vote we can make? >> yeah, interesting. >> instead of a substantive vote we have to make? can't we hide behind some kind of process? well, i didn't think there was sufficient evidence to proceed to a final vote. i think there will be all kinds of games that will try to be played, but the most important thing is that the house has now removed one of their major arguments, and it was phony was an argument somehow the investigative phase should be