(CNN) At her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked about the potential of Bernie Sanders as the Democratic nominee -- and his decidedly liberal agenda.

Here's how she responded:

"It is not unusual for a party platform or the candidates for president to have their own agenda that they would put forth. And it's not unusual for the House of Representatives to have its agenda, as well. We have to win in certain particular areas. We're not about a popular vote in the country or in particular states, in terms of your Electoral College. We are in district by district. And that's how we won last time we demonstrated that we know how to win."

Read between the lines and you get this: House Democrats will absolutely break with Sanders' expansive views on government involvement and spending, if doing so makes it more likely for them to keep their House majority.

Which really shouldn't be a surprise. We've already seen several House Democrats in competitive or GOP-leaning seats speak out publicly about their concerns with Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, at the top of the ticket.

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