Power Playing

   So why did Sen. Mitch McConnell vote to acquit Donald Trump if he already knew he was guilty of inciting the insurrection on January 6?
   Answer: To maintain his own grip on power as leader of Republicans in the Senate.
   Seven Republican senators voted guilty, a record for opposition party members in a presidential impeachment trial. But of those seven, four were recently re-elected to six-year terms in the Senate, so their jobs were safe, and three are retiring, so voting no didn't matter.
   The final score was 54 guilty votes, but 67 were needed for a two-thirds majority.