Thing is, I don’t expect them to try for impeachment earlier than next year. The backbenchers may not have been around, but guys like Boehner remember rather clearly how bad the burn to the GOP was when they tried to impeach a Democrat over what they thought was a slam dunk case and instead got dragged into months of explaining why lying about a blow job was on the same level as Nixon’s gross violations of the law.

Trying to impeach this President over bringing a POW home would be a step up, it’s true, but they’d still be explaining to the public why the law they passed, aimed at keeping Gitmo in business, is enough reason to impeach the President.