Now that the clash between White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Rep. Eric Massa has gone public, a remarkable video on YouTube is even more interesting.<\/p>\n
It captures Massa’s unsuccessful race for the U.S. House in 2006 and shows him talking with Emanuel in scenes that are not often captured on film.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want you tonight on TV to be angry,” Emanuel tells Massa in a private conversation at the start of a campaign event in upstate New York as the cameras rolled. “OK? Just take it down a notch.”<\/p>\n
The video then shows Massa traveling in his car, saying that Emanuel “thinks I’m too fiery.”<\/p>\n
“Obviously, Congressman Emanuel is not a veteran,” Massa said. At the time, Emanuel was the powerful chairman of the DCCC, which raises money nationally for Congressional candidates.<\/p>\n
After Emanuel tells Massa to be more pleasant, Massa says later on camera that “He’s a pretty serious guy. I’ve never seen him smile in all the times I’ve seen him on TV.”<\/p>\n