Right because nobody will be watching the impeachment trial and these senators will get no exposure. Haha
They would get exposure, but wouldn't be able to control what kind and how much. And McConnell is in the driver's seat because he can keep them in session as long as he likes. Kind of makes Pelosi's games look a little less wise.
if I’m just looking at the game of it all, Pelosi has seen gains from holding the articles. Multiple senators have publicly stated that they would like to hear from witnesses, some emails were released giving more intel about the held funds, and Bolton has publicly stated that he is prepared to testify. Had she turned them over right away those element may not have come out. Love her or hate her she seems to know what shes doing
There's really not much of a different way to look at it, other than a game, as that's how they've handled this from the beginning, with preventing the supposed initiator from revealing his sources to shutting down inconvenient questions to refusing to allow the opposition a day to call witnesses to using focus groups to determine the articles to rushing it through because it's such an emergency only to put the brakes on and bring the whole thing to a standstill. All they've done is lay the groundwork for the Senate to play some games with the timing as well, and I could easily see McConnell holding the trial specifically to prevent democrats from campaigning.