More like, the unvarnished state truth

Sen. Tom Harkin praising liberal radio host Ed Schultz on Schultz's show this past Friday --

I gotta tell ya, Ed, a lot of us have talked around here and we just say thank God for Ed Schultz. I mean that sincerely. He's getting the truth out to the American people, the unvarnished state, straight truth of what's going on around here and we're grateful for that.

And we're really, really stateful, uh, grateful for that, Ed.