balance will be restored come november 4th, the day after the election, which is barely a year from now. what hopefully will happen is the republican senators in particular will pay a steep price for politicizing it. in which case it is possible the next time we need this, it won't be taken as trivially. the problem with 1998 is basically the republicans neutered impeachment. >> because they did it in a lame duck session. >> the flip side of that that i can see since you say that is, imagine a precedent in which impeachment becomes routine and is essentially just a no confidence vote that as long as you hold together your caucus. like the more that we see partisan polarization do its battle, you can imagine a