The White House says that the House resolution on Iran is “very consistent” with the message coming from the president this week. But, nobody really believes that. The White House worked to tone down the House resolution and turn it into something that would not embarrass the White House by demonstrating how out of touch the president is on this issue relative to Congress. And then Ron Paul, the only person to vote against the House resolution, explained that he did so because he “admired President Obama’s cautious approach to the situation in Iran and I would have preferred that we in the House had acted similarly.” And now the Senate has passed a similar resolution prompting this statement from Senators McCain and Lieberman:
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