What they’re saying: “I’m endorsing my dear friend Lisa Murkowski. Alaska could only be so lucky to have her continue to serve them,” Manchin said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“She knows I feel that way too, very strongly,” he added after Murkowski thanked him.

“It’s hypocritical to basically work with a person day in and day out and when they’re in cycle, you’re supposed to be against them because they have an R or D by their name.”

“If these are good people I’ve worked with, and we’ve accomplished a lot, why in the world would I not want to work with them and continue to work with them?”