Martin O'Malley Subtly Jabs Hillary Clinton With Marriage Equality Video

The former Maryland governor notes that "history celebrates profiles in courage, not profiles in convenience."

BEDFORD, NH - MARCH 31: Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley speaks at "Politics & Eggs" at the Bedford Village Inn March 31, 2015 in Bedford, New Hampshire. O'Malley, who served two terms as Maryland Governor, has been visiting New Hampshire and is considering a run for president.
Photographer: Darren McCollester/Getty Images

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By Arit John

April 15, 2015 at 10:54 PM UTC

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In case anyone forgot, former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley wants us to know that he's more liberal than Hillary Clinton.

Hours after Hillary Clinton released a statement in support of gay marriage as a constitutional right rather than an issue to be decided by at the state level, O'Malley released a 21 second video in which he says: "History celebrates profiles in courage, not profiles in convenience. The dignity of every person tells us that the right to marry is not a state right, it is a human right." As The New York Times reported, the quote comes from a speech O'Malley gave in February against the politics of "triangulation," a strategy associated with Clintonian centrism.