Did Massachusetts Sink Health Reform?

Barney Frank thinks so. Jonathan Cohn says go for it. Much more in the national press about large role health reform played in Tuesday's Senate race. Kaiser Health News offer a good round-up, including this from Politco. "Scott Brown's opposition to congressional health care legislation was the most important issue that fueled his U.S. Senate …

Kennedy’s legacy and health reform

I'm still on deadline but my 11-year-old son and I rode our bikes across the bridge to see the procession go through the North End  today. (BHN is actually based in Cambridge.)  I was about my son's age when Robert Kennedy was shot.   For more, see the Globe special Kennedy section. I covered Kennedy's Senate committee in the late …