Many liberals and progressives have doubts about just how much Hillary Clinton as president would support their issues, but Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, a retiring liberal lion, believes that the former Obama aide is a lot more left in her thinking than people believe.

“I tell you, she is much more progressive in her thoughts and her inclination than most people may think,” Harkin told Washington Post political reporter Dan Balz on the eve of her visit to his annual, and final, steak fry in the state that hosts the first presidential caucus.