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...fought harder and longer than Kennedy for universal health care, something that the terminally ill liberal lion had referred to before his death in August as "the cause of my life." And it was all the more ironic considering that Massachusetts has come closer than any other state to assuring coverage to all of its citizens, thanks to a 2006 law that was championed by a Republican governor, Mitt Romney, who was celebrating onstage with Brown on election night...
...Although the rest of the country sees Massachusetts as the bluest of blue states - it had not elected a Republican Senator since Richard Nixon was President - its political complexion is actually more subtle. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 3 to 1, but fully half the state's voters are registered "unenrolled" - not affiliated with any party. And four of its last five governors have been Republicans, albeit ones of a more moderate stripe than that of the national party...
...talked with voters braving the snow to get a glimpse of Brown in the days leading up to the election, the health care issue came up again and again. They were unsettled by the mounting costs of their state's program and even more so by the process they saw going on in Washington. Rather than being drafted with the common good in mind, they said, the health bill was turning into a series of backroom deals - a Medicaid exemption for Senator Ben Nelson's Nebraska, tax breaks for unions, sweeteners for the hospital and drug industries. As a veteran...
...Then there were Brown's strengths as a fresh, energetic and appealing candidate who stood out in contrast to his Democratic opponent. State attorney general Martha Coakley seemed to take the race so much for granted that she barely bothered to campaign until it was too late. Asked by the Boston Globe about how few campaign appearances she was putting in, she made a dismissive reference to a Brown campaign video: "As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park? In the cold? Shaking hands...
...Brown, 50, did that and much, much more, running up the odometer on his black GMC pickup to 200,000 miles (about 320,000 km) as he crisscrossed the state. And while Coakley was taking time off, he was on the air early with upbeat ads - one of which even compared him to John F. Kennedy. On the stump, he promised to change the way things get done in Washington - sounding a note similar to one that helped get Obama elected 14 months earlier. (See the 10 greatest speeches of all time...