An ad running on Talking Points Memo:

Either some ad copywriter didn't quite understand the reference he was making here, or Al knows something the people of Vermont don't.

It does explain Representative Sanders' sunglasses-and-baseball cap getup during the last couple roll call votes, as well as his hilarious waterskiing antics at the last Congressional retreat. And besides, if the Senate could pretend Thurmond was alive for 6 years, why can't the House have a hilariously manipulated corpse on a couple committees?