Marco Rubio was THIS CLOSE, THIS CLOSE to being a huge hero of the aging Cuban exile community.
And then President Obama turns around and announces that he was going to do what he could to end the 55 year rift with Cuba.
So the list of presidents who held a hard, macho line against Cuba may be coming to an end.
KENNEDY, JOHNSON, NIXON, FORD, CARTER, REAGAN, G.H.W. BUSH, CLINTON, G.W. BUSH, OBAMA, but not Rubio