I was started down this path by the juxtaposition of two OGD links included  in  Michael's Freak Out Thread :

 Al Franken's MSNBC interview and a  Hillary ad . Franken described Kaine as a "progressive Catholic" ; the ad purported to show the children listening to Trump's tasteless insults to women who'd  outraged him by expecting  him to answer questions.

Bernie:

Burlington mayoral election, 1981

Bernie Sanders (I) – 4,330 (43.43%)

Gordon Paquette (D) – 4,320 (43.32%)

Richard Bove (I) - 1,091 (11.76%)

Joe McGrath (I) - 139 (1.50%)

 1983

Bernie Sanders (I) – 6,942 (52.12%)

Judy Stephany (D) – 4,086 (30.68%)

James Gilson (R) – 2,292 (17.21%)

 1985

Bernie Sanders (I) – 5,760 (56.09%)

Brian D. Burns (D) – 3,275 (31.89%)

Diane Gallagher (I) – 1,234 (12.0

of the officers who were killed  doing their job.

So have the families now waiting in anxiety for their wounded family member to recover.

My heart goes out to them all.

As an unequivocal  Hillary supporter I think Bernie is quite right not to endorse her until the convention.

Not just ¨ within his rights¨ but right. Full stop.

He was not a marginal contender he was the major opposition. Not a frivolous exercise but something to which he devoted a year of his life at a time when that commodity is in dwindling supply. He has earned the right to be heard at the convention and to be allowed to make his case with respect to the platform ,meaningless as that document will ,as usual, be.