Because he was politically weak and they had an opportunity to take advantage of that. As it is the Democrats got nothing but optics out of the fiasco. Had the

Because he was politically weak and they had an opportunity to take advantage of that. As it is the Democrats got nothing but optics out of the fiasco. Had they played their hand differently they might have gotten something more. For what it is worth, I suspect there was some backroom dealling they were trying to do, but nothing came of it.