We used to have Republicans who voted their conscience and put the good of the country ahead of the benefit to their party. Sadly, those days are long gone. Thank-you Messrs. Nixon, Gingrich, McConnell, Ryan, Bush2, etc. Did I forget Mr. Trump? Nah, he puts the needs of himself above everything else.
Really, and this is news.........
The news is that one of them admitted it.
And there most certainly was a vast right-wing conspiracy to undermine President Obama. The Right currently has no qualms about damaging our country and our democracy if it benefits their Republican Party.