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This it won't be easy. and you may have to do multiple things. people forget we had a motion to dismiss on the charges against clinton. we had a procedural motion on censure. we had votes on witnesses. so it was -- but it was a carefully, well, thought out process to try to get at the truth. and also, of course, as an old whip in the house and the senate that counted the votes, i knew we were not going to get 67 votes in the senate to remove bill clinton from office. so i suspect there is some people counting votes right now. >> dana: you wouldn't have nope me then, but at that time frame i wa...

From the judiciary committee atenet to the articles assuming they have to introduce the managers and hear from them. at that point you could have a motion to dismiss. >> dana: let's play that out for a movement a motion to dismiss is it over? >> done. >> dana: politically, for president trump he might have different ideas. >> right. >> dana: from the republican point of view getting it done quickly is it good or bad for them? >> i don't know if there is one answer for everyone. it seems to me, you know, there is a very strong argument that what happened in the house was rushed, the procedure w...

>> well it, really depends on what the senate decides. they really have complete control over this procedure. constitution says that the senate has sole control over the trial of impeachment which means no court can tell them how to do it. no court can second guess whatever procedure they employ so it looks to me. not just to me but what senator mcconnell wants to do is entertain a motion to dismiss at the earliest possible time when he can still keep his coalition together. i think he can afford to lose no more than two. if i'm remembering that right. >> dana: okay. >> so i would think that w...