Joe Manchin: “Thank you, Madam Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Secretary, for being here again.”

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.

My observation, and recommendation from observation, would be, John, trust me, set yourself free and become an independent.

When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.

We’re not trying to start another party.