Not as outlandish as it could be

Abstract Thursday cannot be as abstract as yesterday's hearing. Of all the curves, excuses, distractions and  twists President Trump’s defenders deployed at Wednesday’s first public impeachment hearing, the most telling came from Steve Castor, the Republicans’ chief counsel, as he questioned Bill Taylor, America’s man in Kyiv.

Describing the “irregular channel” Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his team of “amigos” used to coerce Ukraine’s president to announce investigations into Trump’s political opponents, Castor asked Taylor,  “In fairness, this irregular channel of diplomacy, it’s not as outlandish as it could be — is that correct?”
Put it on a coffee mug.