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beachmom

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7. Yeah, Mass. is kind of a strange state.
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 07:50 PM
Jul 2012

Nobody would write a column like that down here. I mean, Sen. Isaakson did some really good work when a family I knew of had a daughter who was murdered while serving in the Peace Corps in Africa. But it was something Isaakson was working on from the beginning. He went to the funeral, he was in constant contact with the family, and he got a law passed. I don't know if Chambliss got involved at all. But the stories that ran down here were more about the family and all that Sen. Isaakson did. I may add the family were Democrats -- the Dad volunteered for the Obama campaign at the same office I did. So I knew first hand about all that happened. Of course, Pres. Obama signed the bill, but it was Isaakson who worked hard to get it all done (Boxer helped, too). It was through the SFRC committee but I think it sailed through.

My point is, if Kerry was handling it, why was Brown following him around like a puppy dog? I mean, Kerry is the chairman of the SFRC and has all the contacts.

Edited out part I am unsure of.

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