Such a proud moment when the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee accuses the President’s Defense nominee of being “endorsed by Iran.”

Coming on the heels of a really egregious run of innuendo and toxic defamation from Sen. Cruz of Texas, Sen. Nelson (D-FL) made what I can only his own run at a Joseph Welch moment, suggesting Cruz had crossed some basic line of decency. We’ll have the video shortly.

Carl Levin’s name is almost hard to imagine with the word ‘smackdown.’ But for Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) he decided to make an exception.

Ted Cruz — coming after questioning whether Hagel has received money from “extreme” or “radical” groups or foreign governments — suggests that if Hagel is confirmed the chances of war with Iran become “substantially more likely.

This is, shall we say, a bit rich since more or less 100% of the opposition to Hagel’s nomination is based on the belief that he’ll make war with Iran less likely.