Opinion | Both Chuck Schumer and Chris Van Hollen will disappoint Democrats

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MS NOW's opinion column weighs in on Chris Van Hollen's challenge to Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader, arguing the job is a thankless one that made predecessors like Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell unpopular and will leave whoever wins disappointing Democrats. Invoking a season-four scene from "The Wire" in which Baltimore's former mayor calls the job thankless, the columnist predicts Van Hollen may find it as unpleasant as ever.

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