Jerrold Nadler in Politico.com

On Principles & Values: Would lead impeachment committee very cautiously

If Democrats retake the House in 2018, Nadler will become the party's gatekeeper on the issue. In fact, his expertise in constitutional law--as well as his outsized voice opposing the Clinton impeachment in 1998--was a factor in his selection to lead committee Democrats. While he says impeachment would surely be on the table in a Democrat-led House, it's far from certain it would be the right call--politically or constitutionally. And it'll be up to his committee to tell voters why.

"If we were in the majority & if we decide that the evidence isn't there for impeachment--or even if the evidence is there we decide it would tear the country apart too much--if we decide that, then it's our duty to educate the country why we decided it," Nadler said.