Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md, demonstrated once again that he puts party before country last Thursday, when Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi whipped him on Iran. In comments on WBAL News radio 1090, and to the Baltimore Sun, Van Hollen tried to spin his support for the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran as somehow beneficial to America’s only true ally in the Middle East, Israel.

“I have concluded that this agreement advances the national security interests of the United States and all of our allies, including our partner Israel,” the would-be U.S. senator said.