Sanders scolds surrogate for 'corporate Democratic whore' remark

In a seemingly rare moment in the increasingly combative Democratic presidential contest, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sided with Hillary Clinton Thursday morning. Sanders — in line with the Clinton campaign's request — agreed that a disavowal was in order for one of his surrogate's recent remarks implying that Clinton and other Democrats "beholden to big pharma and the private insurance industry" are "corporate Democratic whores." Early Thursday, Sanders fired off this tweet:

The surrogate, health care activist and physician Paul Song, has already apologized for his remark made to the crowd of 27,000 gathered at New York City's Washington Square Park for a rally Wednesday. "I am very sorry for using the term 'whore' to refer to some in Congress who are beholden to corporations and not us," Song tweeted Wednesday night. "It was insensitive."

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