He said the "Saturday Night Massacre" really didn't play as big a role in the whole thing as most people think. It was the tape recordings that did Nixon in, not the fallout from the "Saturday Night Massacre."
The tapes were certainly central to the weakening of Nixons stonewall. The massacre was were Nixon panicked. We could probably debate all night. The main reason I brought it up is that the same trap has been set for Trump.