Why the Senate GOP’s Iran Letter Is Obnoxious

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/why-the-senate-gops-iran-letter-is-obnoxious/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-senate-gops-iran-letter-is-obnoxious

"Senate Republicans’ hostility to a deal with Iran is well known, but that doesn’t excuse the senators for their breach of normal behavior with respect to negotiations with another government. Members of Congress from the opposing party can and obviously do oppose the diplomatic initiatives of presidents, but they aren’t supposed to take it upon themselves to tell a foreign government that an agreement that the U.S. is negotiating with them is going to be broken as soon as the current president is out of office. It is especially obnoxious to communicate this to a foreign government while the negotiations are still taking place....

...Perhaps someone should write them a letter instructing them on their real constitutional responsibilities."