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    Robin Abcarian: 'Little' Adam Schiff, Trump's Twitter nemesis, liked it better when he had a nasty nickname to himself

    by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times Feb 08, 2018 3 minutes

    When you get a busy congressman like Adam Schiff on the line, you don't want to waste time with small talk. You want to get right to the point.

    So I did: "Exactly, how tall are you, Congressman?"

    Schiff chuckled, but he didn't duck.

    "I'm 5-10." Pause. "And a half."

    My sharply honed journalistic instincts led to my next question:

    "Are you taller than 'Little Marco'?"

    "I am taller than 'Little Marco,'" replied Schiff, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee who has become one of President Donald Trump's most vocal -

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