You work with the Minority Leader you have, not the Minority Leader you want. I would much rather have someone like Kirsten Gillibrand acting as leader of the Democrats in the Senate. But Chuck Schumer is what we're stuck with, and as far as he goes he went pretty far in the direction of committing to universal public option coverage as the Democrats position on healthcare. Talking with George Stephanopolos on ABC's This Week, Schumer said this: STEPHANOPOULOS: -- it's going to be bold enough.