Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), soon to be retired, raised the possibility of impeaching President Obama over his immigration directive.

I’m kind of surprised it took this long for a comparatively balanced member of the GOP to bring it up. Of course, calling him “comparatively balanced” in a party that includes Michele Bachmann and Allen West sets the standard a little low, and with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) going for the tin-foil-hat gun-control theory, merely suggesting impeachment is the moderate approach.

If President Obama wins a second term, though, bet on impeachment hearings to start in February 2013.