McCaskill backs Iran deal, adding momentum for Obama

[cal04]

Source: Politico

Sen. Claire McCaskill said Thursday she backs President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran, the second centrist Democrat to announce support in the last day.

The Missouri lawmaker’s endorsement demonstrates that vulnerable, red-state Democrats are not worried enough about the deal to move to the political right of the president. Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana announced his backing for the deal on Wednesday afternoon and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is leaning toward supporting it.

All three Democrats are up for reelection in 2018 in GOP-leaning states. A fourth Democrat up that year, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, has not tipped her hand on how she may vote on the agreement in September.


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“It has become clear to me that the world is united behind this agreement with the exception of the government of Israel,” McCaskill said Thursday morning. “I have become convinced that it is more dangerous to Israel, America and our allies to walk away in the face of unified world wide support.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/claire-mccaskill-supports-iran-deal-121557.html

[cosmicone]

1. And to have endured McCaskill bashing by disciples of St. Bernard n/t

[marmar]

2. McCaskill is normally deserving of bashing.....

..... but good on her for supporting the Iran deal.

[geek tragedy]

3. Red state ConservaDems learned the lesson of Iraq. They

saw their young men and women come back in wheelchairs and flag-draped coffins for a pointless war in the Middle East. They're not signing us up for another round of that.

I wish the politicos from my neck of the woods (NYC) would try to learn that lesson. But they're largely pro-war now just like they were pro-war in 2002.

[raindaddy]

4. She's supposed to be a friggin Democrat, right...

Amazing we're even having this discussion.. A Democratic President negotiates a deal that avoids war, most of the world is on board and we're having to convince so called "centrist" Democrats to vote for what could be the President's greatest achievement?

[Fred Sanders]

5. Israel....only reason this ridiculous stunt and childish world-opposed "opinion" by the GOP has gone this far. Correct., Madame.