Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.) joined Chris Matthews to discuss the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) as attorney general Wednesday night, but the MSNBC host seized the opportunity to check in on the failed vice presidential candidate.
"How's it going for you and Secretary Clinton these days? I mean, we think about you. I do once in a while," Matthews began before explaining his take on the election.
"I wonder because I think you did a good job running and, you know, the zeitgeist wasn't quite right. I think it had more to do with the zeitgeist than anything else," he continued. "Just the mood of the country was against the ins and for the out guy, at least in those states that mattered. What is your feeling about that whole election just now?"
"It seems kind of surreal Chris. I wake up some mornings and it seems like the campaign was a dream, and I wake up other mornings thinking I must be living through some alternate reality now," the Virginia senator responded. "It was a magnificent experience."
"This is the reality Senator, I gotta clue you," Matthews assured Kaine.
After returning to the discussion about Sessions being approved by the full Senate, Matthews offered Kaine a few parting words.
"This is from a Rabbi," he said. "I give this to people going through a hard time. 'He who gave me burdens, also gave me shoulders.' I love it."
"Amen, and it is great to have good work to come back to," the junior Senator from Virginia responded.