stop at the lock at the panama canal today. perhaps a chance to unlock years of diplomatic gridlock with havana in the offing. america s top diplomat, john kerry, did meet with his cuban counterpart last night. perhaps another signal that the administration has a strong desire to elevate the cuban regime. unfortunately, despite its human rights abuse. and we talked a bit about that moments ago eric with josh earnest and with brett rhodes of the obama team. i asked pointblank, does thetration compartmentalize the administration compartmentalize the notion that they know they are bad actors in cuba, they know there are problems with the regime and how it s treated its people? ben frankly said they recognize that happens all over the globe. if the american administration the obama administration in particular refused to do business or refused to have ties with every bad actor on the global stage we d find ourselves isolated in great many ways. yeah, as you know, a very controversial m