Cuba looks so small, yet it has loomed so large in American politics for decades. From Colonel Lansdale's failed Operation Mongoose to Jesse Helms notorious Helms-Burton Act , Cuba has been able to thumb its nose at the United States for over 50 years. As Stephen humorously noted on one of his last episodes of The Colbert Report, "the CIA was this close to taking down Fidel Castro with the deadliest weapon of all -- time!" Fidel is 88, and while it is hard to guess how many years he has left in him, he no longer represents a threat to the United States. Don't tell Marco Rubio that, who flew off the handle in his latest rant against the President, claiming that the deal to free Alan Gross has put a price on all Americans' heads, echoing the same reaction Congressional Republicans had to the deal Obama struck for the release of Bowe Bergdahl. Remember him? In case you're curious, Alan Gross was working for USAID at the time he was arrested, er ab...