I think it’s funny. The Democrats have plenty of money they’ve raised from wealthy liberals, or stolen from the taxpayers. Their modus operandi is to use other peoples money first before touching anything in their BIG bank account(s).
In this case they have their eyes on Harkin’s leftover cache of cash, and are trying to pry it from him so they don’t have to spend their stash.
Does Harkin get to keep leftover campaign money, if he retires from politics? I seem to recall there are some cases where politicians had leftover money and were able to keep it for personal use under certain circumstances.
If he can keep it, or use it to set up a foundation such as the Clintons did, that would explain why he sits on it.