Sen. Jack Reed appreciates the sort of bizarre endorsement he received for majority leader from the man trying to unseat one of his colleagues, but says he isn’t interested.

A few days ago TPMDC interviewed Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA), who is challenging newly turned Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter in the state’s primary this spring. Sestak minced no words about a lack of leadership in the Senate, and was silent for several moments when I asked him who in the Senate would make a better majority leader than Harry Reid.

“I don’t know them all well enough. I like Jack Reed. … No one jumps to mind,” Sestak told me.

Read the full Talking Points Memo story here.

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