Dan Coats is a good pick for the driveling propaganda piece in the NYT

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23. I think the opposite. I think he went public because the private pleas were unsuccessful.

He, on behalf of the group maybe, let the country know the truth that the public suspected. The group did so because they had tried telling those in power in Congress, and nothing was done. And nothing was going to be done.

So they decided to sound the alarm, for someone to do something, if they can.

Is it also self-serving? Maybe. But I think quitting and then sounding the alarm bell would've been the worst thing to do. He would have told all, and it would have been forgotten in a week, as we all moved on to other crises. He already knows Congress won't do anything. Or wouldn't in the past. But maybe with the information out there, maybe Congress could be pushed to move.

And with the mid-terms looming, and a Blue Wave coming, he may not have wanted to wait until the new people get seated. He may have wanted everyone to know up front that something must be done. Or it really WOULD have looked like he was trying to save his own skin...what with Blue Waves coming into Congress, and maybe Mueller's report at the same time. It had to be now.

Maybe the thing with McCain...the flag and the disrespect...had something to do with it. Maybe something in particular happened. Something Trump did that was especially dangerous.

We'll find out eventually, probably.