The Hill – March 10, 2015 – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said the public should be “suspicious” of the Obama administration’s nuclear talks with Iran.

“I think all of us should be suspicious of an administration that’s so intent from keeping the elected representatives of the American people out of this deal,” McConnell told reporters.

“[It] leads you to believe that he’s going to make the deal that we all believe he’s going to make.”
Republican senators, including McConnell, issued an open letter to the leaders of Iran on Monday warning that any agreement Obama makes on Iran’s nuclear program could be overturned by the next president with the “stroke of a pen.”

Democrats have slammed the letter as interfering in foreign policy, with the White House on Tuesday calling it “without precedent.”

The Kentucky Republican suggested that Democrats were avoiding taking a stand on the Iran talks.

The Senate leader said there’s only one option if negotiators fail to reach a “framework” of an agreement by the deadline.

“The choice is between this deal and greater sanctions,” he said.