I can't believe I haven't used that pun before! At any rate, as part of the GOP's continued march to the lunatic right, Senate Republicans who used to back the Law of the Sea Treaty are now flip-flopping deciding that Frank Gaffney knows more about keeping the country safe than do the combined forces of the military, the State Department, and basically everyone else.

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