Republicans on the Hill are quick to point out that this was not the message from the White House chief of staff this weekend. On This Week he said: “… those who devised policy, he believes that they were — should not be prosecuted either, and that’s not the place that we go — as he said in that letter, and I would really recommend people look at the full statement — not the letter, the statement — in that second paragraph, ‘this is not a time for retribution.’ It’s time for reflection. It’s not a time to use our energy and our time in looking back and any sense of anger and retribution.”

Perhaps Sunday was not the time for anger and retribution but the time has come? It certainly has for those calling for the impeachment of Judge Bybee.