Senator Chris Murphy was asked about the WSJ/Schumer leadership article on Meet the Press today

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1. class act

...I really like this man.

He's a damn good fighter, too. Really digs into an issue, and presents clear and concise opposition when he goes on these programs.

Fought for and won Lieberman's old seat. Stellar political career.

He's pragmatic like this to the point where people label him a moderate, despite his solid progressive chops.

Member of the so called, New Democrat Coalition which touted 110 members (including one nonvoting member) of which 30 where also members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and 6 were also members of Blue Dog Coalition, accounting for more than half of all Democratic representatives and making it the largest House Democratic ideological caucus, followed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. wiki: