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A leaked book manuscript by former national security adviser John Bolton has ramped up pressure on Republicans to hear testimony before the president's trial wraps up.
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Top Republicans warn that calling Bolton or other witnesses could lead to "an endless cycle" that would drag the trial out.
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Readers discuss whether enough Republicans will defy their leadership and vote to hear from John Bolton. Also: The New York Civil Liberties Union, on bail reform.
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Senate Republicans wrestled with whether to allow witnesses, including John Bolton who appeared ready to contradict a key Trump claim.
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 Republican senators began Monday in a bad spot. They ended it feeling like they were in a better one, at least for now. What changed? A late-morning pep talk from Senate Majority Leader McConnell and a rousing argument from White House defense attorney Alan Dershowitz that gave many Republican senators the answer to the key question of the day: Why shouldn't John Bolton testify in the impeachment trial?
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"That manuscript is pertinent and we should get access to that manuscript to see what they're actually saying," Senator James Lankford said.
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Some said even if President Trump strong-armed Ukraine to help him politically, that is not an impeachable offense.
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For many, it was described as something of a red line.
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"Those Democratic caucus goers, will they be supporting vice president Biden at this point?" asked Sen. Joni Ernst.
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