I wonder if any of these news commentators

[DonaldsRump]

10. They can do both

No one knows what would have been unearthed. Information about Trump's criminal activities could have been exposed. Who cares about the Senate vote then. Indeed, the worse the information was, the worse the political price that Senators voting to acquit would pay.

That was exactly what was the Watergate Committee was all about. It happened in the reverse order, but it profoundly changed things.

There are many outcomes. The Senate vote is just one of those, albeit an important one. And as said before, the Senate most certainly could multi-task.

Anyways, I doubt we'll change each other's minds, so Happy Valentine's Day.