They had to use RI’s Jack Reed to get even a shred of credibility.
And what happened? Reed showed he has no credibility; he touted himself as an ex-Army officer (from the VN days, I presume) and he showed the world that he doesn’t understand his constitutional role as a senator. He can fund or defund, but that is all he can do. He cannot change foreign policy. He really made a clymer of himself.
Well Reed came away looking like a skittish loser, the President looking like a champ.