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Of the rank and file saying hey, let's let this play out. take a listen: >> if he did wrong, he'll own up to it. if he didn't do wrong, they'll defend him. he was this institution -- he loves this institution, more than everything else besides his family and i have a lot of confidence in him. >> i think chairman rangel should resign, and i believe that is the honorable thing to do under the circumstances. >> reporter: house democratic speaker nancy pelosi has said the ethics process, quote, will work, and that she wants the chips to fall where they may politically. arthel: molly, if congressma...

>> what you saw there, she had to distance herself from charlie rangel. not only distance herself but she had to distance congressional democrats from charlie rangel. which something i'm sure he understands. because they cannot be perceived to be defending the former chairman of the ways and means committee who didn't pay or least it's alleged who didn't pay an appropriate amount of income taxes. >> the other thing that's really interesting, too, if you listen to some of the republicans on the committee, they're being pretty careful. you know, one republican saying, well, he's probably one of ...

Really wish he would do, shep. >> shepard: how are the politics of this playing out tonight? it looks like it could be a pretty fierce battle. >> you know that's got to be part of, this john boehner appointed to that payment must promise that he got from house speaker nancy pelosi. she said that she and the democratsy going to go and drain the swamp on capitol hill. today boehner said the swamp hasn't been drained yet. the democrats say this ethics process is transparent and they say it's working as it should, shep? >> shepard: shannon bream on capitol hill tonight. thanks. celebrating peace, ...

There has long been talked he is being pushed to do that because democrats do not want to watch an ugly ethics battle play out while most people are speculating how bad they are going to get creamed in the midterms, they don't need it. they say everyone would like for the rangel issue to go away. he says the ethics process that rangel is dealing with is not a pleasant one but he says it's working. some democrat -rs not convinced. two have said it's time for rangel to resign. walt minnick and betty sutton say it's time for him to go. wouldn't surprise anyone if he reaches a deal. jon: nancy pel...

Politically pure and clean and say are you kidding me? this guy is here? that is no small factor here. >> he said a couple of things that stood out. when he said it's not about me, he talked about how it's about the people of minnesota and he can't get through the ethics process and still serve them. the subtext was that it is not about me, it's the positioning of the democratic party. all three of those were what happened and it's a throw away line for a politician to say i may be leaving, but i'm not gone. he had many decades of experience on the stage, if you will, before politics that we m...