John Kerry

Last edited Thu Mar 15, 2012, 08:37 AM - Edit history (1)

This really is an issue where Kerry's approach has been one of trying to get people with the power to act to talk those affected and proposing common sense solutions. Far better than yelling that people need to be fired.

The South Coast Today has a really fascinating article that shows some of the underlying politics. The gist being that on Thursday, Kerry and Snowe signaled they were going to introduce their bill on Friday, which was delayed to Monday because the Senate ended the week on Thursday. http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120314/NEWS/203140329/-1/NEWS

What is fascinating is that while much is made of Brown not being included as a sponsor, Brown's own comments on Friday were not that he was supporting it:
"Brown visited the Foley Fish plant on the New Bedford waterfront Friday to stress that fishing policy remains a top priority. However, in response to a reporter's question about the Kerry-Snowe bill, he said only that he would "look at it." As much of the article seems to be trying to say that Brown was somehow not given sufficient recognition, that statement says it all. He is saying that on Friday he did not even know what was in the bill - which he signed on to by Monday.