These are the closing paragraphs of the exceptionally well-written piece:
Finally, there is the hope naïve though it may seem that some Republicans will choose to act on principle. There now exists a small club of former Trump administration officials who were widely respected before joining the administration and whom Trump has sullied, to greater or lesser degrees. It includes Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster and Jim Mattis. Imagine if one of them gave a television interview and told the truth about Trump. Doing so would be a service to their country at a time of national need. It would be an illustration of duty.
Throughout his career, Trump has worked hard to invent his own reality, and largely succeeded. It has made him very rich and, against all odds, elected him president. But whatever happens in 2019, his false version of reality will not survive history, just as Nixons did not. Which side of that history do todays Republicans want to be on?
Bottom line: as much as wed love to watch the RepubliCONs fall into a sinkhole (environmental consequences notwithstanding), an ill-planned impeachment could backfire and rally his base and others in 2020. Once hes gone,
then we can look forward to a post-RepubliCON era in government.