What was the rationale for the Corker-Cardin Bill?
Was this pure stupidity ...a trap by Obama or something else.
I think Obama had the upper hand by not calling this a treaty from day one.
In my view it was political cowardice.
Obama was determined to make a deal with Iran and republicans were afraid to get in a fight him to assert their constitutional authority to ratify (or not ratify) treaties.
So, in an effort to disguise their surrender and make themselves seem relevant they passed the Corker-Cardin bill that basically confirmed their agreement with Obama that the Iran treaty was not a treaty.
It allowed Obama free rein to negotiate a treaty and do an end run arounfd the US Constitution by calling it an agreement. All with the blessing of the republicans in the senate and congress.
In practical terms, the bill guaranteed Obama a victory but gave the senate and congress a way to pose and posture and make gruff statements while actually doing nothing at all to effectively oppose another Obama usurpation of their constitutional perogatives and authority.