Accordingly, it is the height of folly for the United States to persist in a policy that is tantamount to extorting Israel to enterintonegotiationswith the Palestinians on the basis of such U.S. guarantees.
When Cantor was aligning himself with the Tea Party right, and Boehner was trying to reach a Grand Bargain with the White House, Boehner deputized Cantor to enterinto budget negotiationswith Vice-President Joe Biden.