"Why don't you pass the time with a game of solitaire."
I can only hope you're wrong.
He owes the Neocons nothing, they showed him very little solidarity when he needed them, and he bent over backwards to placate their insatiable appetitite for ideology. It still wasn't enough for them. Nothing is ever enough, they wanted all or nothing, and now it appears they're getting at least half their wish.
So you think they're shaking him down? I don't think so, or they would have used it on him when it looked like he had the nomination in the bag. Then again, there is a super right wingnut outfit who's convinced he was turned while in NVA hands, and that he was a Manchurian Candidate all along. ¿Quien sabe?