Biden has a big (secret) bargaining chip...if he chooses to play it

Back to the future .... horse trading recalling the Cuban Missile Crisis

You will permit me the occasional detour from my chronicling the ever-compelling presidential race in France. Moreover, word leaking from the Elysée suggests that President Macron, with less than two weeks left to declare formally that he is standing for re-election, is likely to make his move next week. The nightmare scenario, of course, is that this a…