The House Intelligence Committee fiasco followed by the firing of McCabe have drawn only partisan GOP approval. Frum argues that McCabe, a lifelong Republican, is a test case to see how Trump's coalition will hold up if he fires Mueller.
Failing the McCabe Test
But the test for Trump is not credibility or even plausibility. It is the reliability of his party, his media, and his voters. The McCabe practice test yielded answers that have to be gratifying by the president as he ponders his next move to save himself, his family, and his administration from the workings of justice.