From Scott Brown's Facebook page:
“I came to Washington to be an independent voice, to put politics aside, and to do everything in my power to help create jobs for Massachusetts families. This Senate jobs bill is not perfect. I wish the tax cuts were deeper and broader, but I am voting for it because it contains measures that will help put people back to work. ... I hope for improvements in that process going forward.”
Some on the right are going nuts about this, but why? Scott Brown is a Massachusetts Republican and he is going to have to break from the party line once in a while in order to justify his own existence back home. Again, just in case you missed it, he is a Massachusetts Republican.
Those on the right shouldn't be surprised by this at all. This is exactly what he said he was going to do on the campaign trail. Besides, Reid may not even have the votes to pass the bill and what better way for Brown to display his bi-partisanship than voting for a bill that may never come to fruition.
It's still early, but Scott Brown may be smarter than a lot of people think.
