Here’s their rationale for Massa:

Among the 33 Democrats in the Class of 2008, few are likely to be as influential in the Iraq war policy debates as Eric Massa. Massa defeated Republican Rep. John R. Kuhl in a rematch in 2008 after a narrow loss in 2006.

A Naval Academy graduate, Massa spent 20 years in the Navy before retiring in 2001. He served briefly on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee and also put in three years as a special assistant to Army Gen. Wesley Clark, then NATO’s supreme allied commander.

Finally, that experience will be put to use.

Here’s their bit on Maffei:

Dan Maffei probably could have just skipped freshman orientation. After all, he spent much of his career as congressional staffer. He worked as a press secretary to Sens. Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) and Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) and as a House Ways and Means Committee aide — a stint that returned to haunt him this year when his GOP opponent highlighted his connections to Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), the Ways and Means Committee chairman who is embroiled in several ethics-related controversies.

But after nearly four straight years of campaigning for the seat — Maffei narrowly lost to Rep. James Walsh (R-N.Y) in 2006 — Maffei had established his own credentials as a candidate. In a seat left open by Walsh’s retirement, the former staffer won comfortably.

They don’t have to encourage us.  We’ll be watching, to make sure they truly turn the page and do the people’s work.

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