Nothing more than covering his butt if the Congress says no which they should. I can hear it now. I wanted to strike. but the Congress told me no.
I was for the strike before I was against it.
He had no choice but to go to Congress...80% of the public is against this. So, he is trying to make lemon ade after picking the lemons. In his view he cannot lose, if they don’t give their approval, they are against him and not ethical...if they do and something goes wrong, it is their fault. If they do and it goes well, it was his plan.