What makes you think this will amount to any official admission of wrongdoing? Never mind a penalty, that's just a little off the top of these things anyway. Ask Wells Fargo.

We should maybe thank Trump for shining a light on what passes for business as usual for multimillionaires and billionaires in this country...finally. I don't expect it to sink in, but if not now...when?

Campaigns which play solely to their own primary base's lowest common denominators have effectively capped their support. To be sure, it's an easy strategy which can sometimes pay off if the electorate's demographics are right, but it's also intellectually risk-adverse and potentially counter-productive over the long term. It's always best for Democrats to cultivate and develop a broad-based appeal. An enduring and successful candidate enjoys a diversified base of support.

While many voters may indeed be ignorant and self-absorbed, that should not lead a candidate and campaign brain trust to therefore cynically conclude that a lot of those same voters are also too stupid to realize when they're being played for fools. Some marks may be slower than others to catch on to the game you're playing, but go to the well one time too many and they'll catch on soon enough. The rise of Trump can be greatly attributed to that very sort of disingenuousness on the part of the GOP establishment.