AZ Central Website, 15 August 2015 

 Arizona’s two Republican U.S. senators are opposing the White House-supported Iran nuclear agreement.
U.S. Sen. John McCain spent the first week of Congress’ August break campaigning against the deal. Junior U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., had been undecided, but on Saturday announced that he, too, is opposing the pact.
Congress next month is expected to consider a resolution to disapprove of the agreement, which Iran negotiated with the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia and China. The Senate would need 67 votes to override President Barack Obama’s expected veto.
McCain, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, ticked off his key objections to the deal toThe Arizona Republic after an appearance at Sub-Zero Inc., a refrigerator and cooking-appliance maker in Goodyear.
“First of all, as (former Secretaries of State) Henry Kissinger and George Shultz wrote in the Wall Street Journal, it was supposed to eliminate Iran’s capability, ever, of developing a nuclear weapon. Now, it’s to delay it,” McCain said. “Second of all, the money: $50-to-$60 billion immediately for them to sponsor terror throughout the region? Third: inspections. There are conflicting stories. The No. 1 guy to the ayatollah said they won’t be allowed in any military facility.”
Flake, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Saturday said he ultimately could not support the final accord because it would put severe limits on how Congress or future U.S. administrations could respond to Iran’s negative, but non-nuclear, behavior in the Middle East.
Flake spoke with Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday as they flew to Havana for a ceremony marking the official re-opening of the U.S. embassy, but got the impression that the administration was not inclined to support parallel legislation that would clarify some of the points of concern.
At public appearances, McCain indicated that he considers himself one of the Republicans targeted by Obama’s barb. He, in turn, called Obama and Kerry delusional. The perception of U.S.-Iran collaboration “just scares the daylights out of every Sunni Arab nation that has been struggling with Iran since the days of the Persian Empire,” McCain said.
“It’s obvious that the Americans wanted it (a deal) worse than the Iranians did,” McCain said. “… I am convinced that the other countries in the region will go nuclear. The Saudis could get it from Pakistan quickly.”