Senator Dick Durbin leading charge on Iran in Senate

The Hill reports:

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, whose job was seen as in jeopardy at the beginning of the year, has emerged as the chief advocate for President Obama’s Iran deal within the Senate Democratic caucus.

The Illinois Democrat has set up private meetings between Democratic senators and senior administration officials and put together a 10-person whip team to address colleagues’ concerns over the agreement.

He is the only member of the senior Democratic leadership pushing for the deal as Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Democratic Conference Secretary Patty Murray (D-Wash.) remain undecided and Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third-ranking member of the leadership, is opposed.

Dick Durbin friend of the mullahs. No word yet on whether Dick's wife Loretta will get a lobbying gig from Iran.