And the Republicans can refuse to play.
Exactly. Given that any action or inaction will be spun, I kind of like the idea of being called "soft on misconduct" for refusing when by doing so the Rats are admitting the misconduct of one of their own. Their fondest hope is to have someone else clean up their mess so they can second guess how it's done. I'm in favor of just letting them twist in the wind on this one.