To the Editor:

Dear Respected Senators:

Our president has a talent for making everything about him. This impeachment proceeding has his name all over it, but is actually about something much bigger. It is about the direction our country takes and the way it will exist in the world.

And it is very simple. All you have to decide is this: Was what President Trump did the kind of behavior you want to see emulated and repeated by future presidents, other elected officials and appointed officials? Are you laying out for the American people a new norm of acceptability? If that is what you wish to give us, vote “acquit.”

On the other hand, if you want to issue a stern warning to future elected and public officials that such behavior is not acceptable, is not what we are about and is damaging to our country, then vote “convict.”

Just as the impeachment proceedings are not just about Mr. Trump, they are also not just about you, your political future, your comfort zone, your approval ratings, your constituents. Try to remember: Your vote is about all of us.