Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, is loving this talking point from Chris Matthews. On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday, Matthews predicted that independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist, who left the Republicans in August, will caucus with the Democrats if elected in November.

The Rubio team is already forwarding the clip with the following message:

“Not to be missed commentary from Chris Matthews this morning who says Charlie Crist will go to Washington as ‘the new star of the Democratic caucus’ or at a time when Floridians want a check-and-balance in Washington, Crist will be a crucial ‘yes’ vote for the Obama-Reid-Pelosi agenda of more spending, debt and taxes.”