Note that if you could also tie Bush to the scandal, something many suspected but could not prove, the calculus would change. In that case, you might see the storyline emerge that ex-CIA Director Bush and his devious minions manipulated a naïve and somewhat mentally ailing Reagan into the whole mess. In that case, Reagan might skate or be allowed to resign for "health reasons" with Bush also being forced out under real threat of impeachment. With Bob Dole as his chief 1988 rival, there was a bit of overlap between the interests of Dole and the Democrats.