On social status

Sure, the back-and-forth as to who (if anybody) besides Warren Kinsella is pushing a merger is still very much in progress. But there's surely one lesson we can take from the exchange so far: that Lib President Alfred Apps is the life of any party:

Over the past two weeks, I have listened to arguments in favour of some arrangement with the NDP from only two Liberals (sic) pundits (including Warren) and engaged in friendly banter with a couple of New Democrats over drinks (e.g. will you renounce socialism?).

If that doesn't send Apps and his hand-picked leader to the top of the list of political figures Canadians want to have a drink with, what can?