Or, "This is your chess board on 'dragging out the defense until the inevitable.'"
Throwing Ken Starr at this is going to be perceived by both ends of the spectrum as throwing in the towel and putting up a tortuous, but defeated from inception defense.
You don't pit Bob Dole against Bill Clinton, and you don't pit Ken Starr against The Machine, especially when the Bill of Rights is what's hanging in the balance.
At this point, the only remaining hope is the SCOTUS throwing a "mercy decision" our way out of sheer pity.
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