Mona and I have a guest on Need to Know this time: Barbara Comstock, who has labored in the conservative vineyards for years. She is an old friend of Mona’s. And she was once one of the “three Barbaras”: with Barbara Olson and Barbara Ledeen. Today, she is a member of Congress. She represents Virginia’s tenth district.

After our talk with Barbara, Mona and I talk Election 2016, mainly. And Donald Trump, mainly. If not now, when, right?

I have a memory from 20 years ago — actually, from 1998. I was working at The Weekly Standard. The magazine was running Clinton covers week after week because this was the time of Monica and impeachment.

Bill Kristol said, “Should we really be running Clinton covers so often? Should we mix it up a little?” My view was this: “We have the rest of our lives not to run Clinton covers. But this is the story now.”

And so it is with DJT. But wouldn’t it be nice if he were less consequential after March 1, or March 5, or March 8, or March 15?

We’ll see. In the meantime, the latest Need to Know.