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Senator, You’re No (Ted) Kennedy

Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown says that in supporting a conscience objection to health care contraception mandates, he’s just doing what Teddy Kennedy would have done.

Ted’s son Patrick has told Brown to stop invoking his father’s name. But there’s a bigger issue with Brown taking cover in the shadow in the Senate’s famous “liberal lion.” He almost certainly gets his position wrong.

Paul Werdel

Paul Werdel is an Associate Editor at TPM. Before joining TPM he was a News Editor with Al Jazeera English, and before that a Producer with BBC News. He can be reached at werdel(at)talkingpointsmemo.com.

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