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Readers who are already celebrating the long overdue departure of Arlen Specter from the the US Senate should be advised, to borrow a phrase from noted plagiarizer, Joe Biden, that there was “no space between” the foreign policy positions of long-time Pennsylvania Senator and the ex-Navy admiral, Rep. Joe Sestak who defeated him in Tuesday night’s primary balloting.

Based on the interviews that Specter and Sestak, gave to the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, last week, their support of Israel is no less ardent than that of, at minimum, three quarters of both the Senate and the House, while with regard to Iran, the retired admiral takes even a harder line than did the grizzled former Republican.

When asked about Tehran’s nuclear program, Sestak bragged that he had voted for the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act and the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act. “Then, last month,” he added, “I voted for a motion ordering the House conferees to retain stronger language contained in the House version of the petroleum sanctions bill.”

“Iran cannot be permitted to have nuclear weapons due to our own security and the region's allies' security, in particular, Israel,” said Sestak. “While the military option cannot ever be taken off the table, it should be left at the back of the table, as Congress and President Obama continue working toward the imposition of stringent sanctions… A nuclear-armed Iran would pose a grave national security challenge bo... >>>