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Lincoln Chafee talks about Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday. Chafee: Sanders VP pick would send 'fabulous message'

Should Hillary Clinton eventually decide on Bernie Sanders as her running mate, Lincoln Chafee said Wednesday that "sure would be a fabulous message of unification" for the Democratic Party." But the former Democratic presidential candidate, who dropped out last October after failing to gain any traction whatsoever, suggested that he would not be as on board with Elizabeth Warren.

Picking Sanders, the former Rhode Island governor told CNN, might help bring on board "all those Sanders supporters" and firing up the left wing of the Democratic Party.

Chafee, who was a Republican senator from Rhode Island before becoming independent in 2007 and eventually declaring himself a Democrat in 2013, remarked that "Republicans have been so successful in the past about energizing the base."

"The Democrats, if they picked, if nominee Clinton picked Sanders, that would energize that base, no doubt about it," he said.

As far as picking Warren, Chafee said when asked about it that the notion that two women would be on the ticket is "certainly a factor."

"Well, I think there are other issues also. Senator Warren has a relatively brief electoral experience. Senator Sanders has been the mayor, city of Burlington, he's been a House member, he's been a senator, a little more experience," Chafee said. "I think that's important."