Senator, You’re No (Ted) Kennedy

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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.

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