EJ Dionne: ‘Toughness’ of Iran Deal Enables Obama To Veto Senate Bills ‘Undercutting’ It

SHARPTON: "One of the big questions this raises is will Netanyahu try to pressure the U.S. Congress to oppose this framework?" 
DIONNE: "You know, you'd have to bet that he will. But I think what's striking about this -- and I basically agree with what Steve said earlier -- what's striking about this is that I think it is both a better deal and a more comprehensive deal than a lot of the critics of this process said. In other words, almost everybody that you're going to hear from in the next two or three days are going to speak, in part, from where they were before a single word of this agreement. And so you have to look back and look at the people who didn't expect much, and they are really struck by the cutting of the centrifuges, the limits on enriching uranium, shutting down the Fordo -- if I pronounce that right, the Fordo -- the facility that everybody was afraid of, they are transferring that to peaceful uses, and what looked like very intrusive inspections.

And the French were people -- the French were not eager necessarily to make this deal. They were sort of more critical of this process and even they are at least partly -- they are open to this. They've gone along with this. That's a signal that this is a pretty tough deal. So Prime Minister Netanyahu, it wouldn't shock me if he continues to push against it. The key politically is, can President Obama at least get enough Democrats so that if there is a bill that would undercut this, he can veto it and be sustained? I think that toughness of this deal makes that possible now."