Here, right matters. Truth matters.

I’m retired, at least in the winter. So I have time. And I’ve been watching the Senate impeachment trial, off and on. I admit that I have followed the Ukraine story more closely than most, so not much has surprised me.

I was surprised, however, at how much detail the House managers used to make their case, and how complete and ironclad their argument seems to be.

To me, it’s very clear that what President Trump did was wrong. I’m not really sure at this point how anyone can argue otherwise, and I don't think the President's lawyers really will. Whether you think what he has done rises to impeachment level is, of course, a judgement call.

But, I just heard Adam Schiff give final remarks for Thursday’s session. While the last 10 minutes was spell-binding, at least to me, this part here was just so powerful. (The link is here.)

Here's what Mr. Schiff said:

Colonel Vindman said "Here right matters. Here right matters." Well let me tell you something. If right doesn't matter, if right doesn't matter, it doesn't matter how good the constitution is, it doesn't matter how brilliant the framers were, it doesn't matter how good or bad our advocacy in this trial is.  It doesn't matter how well written the oath of impartiality is. If right doesn't matter, we're lost. If the truth doesn't matter, we're lost...It's what's made us the greatest nation on earth. No constitution can protect us, if right doesn't matter anymore. And you know you can't trust this president to do what's right for this country; you can trust he will do what's right for Donald Trump. He'll do it now, he's done it before, he'll do it for the next several months, he'll do it in the election if he's allowed to. This is why, if you find him guilty, you must find that he should be removed. Because right matters. Because right matters. And the truth matters. Otherwise we are lost.

Damn!