How pathetic is it that President Obama would have claimed "bi-partisan support" for the Iran agreement if just one Republican voted for it? Arizona Senator Jeff Flake was the subject of intense lobbying by the White House over the last few weeks, but yesterday, he announced he was going to vote against it. Since Flake was the only Republican who seemed genuinely torn about the deal, it looks like all 55 GOP Senators are on board against the agreement. The Hill: “While Congress has received assurances from the administration that it does not forfeit its ability to impose sanctions on Iran for behavior on the non-nuclear side, these assurances do not square with the text of the [agreement]," Flake said, adding it should have been presented as a treaty for certain caveats.   Flake, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been viewed as more willing than most Republicans to support foreign policy objectives on the part of...(Read Full Post)