Reply #5: Newburyport is fitting, as it is where Brown said he would support the Ryan plan

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Kerry will be able to make clear that there is a difference between the "people" senator and our Senior senator. I tend to forget Brown is our senator too, so this morning, when I received an email from CREDO saying to call our senator because he voted against the oil tax bill, I wondered what they were smokimg, and it took me a while to remember we had another senator.

http://articles.boston.com/2011-05-17/news/29552907_1_budget-plan-budget-bill-medicare
Exact quote, from the link below

“The leaders will bring forward budget, and I will vote for it, and it will fail,’’ he said in his speech, which was reported in the Newburyport Daily News. “Then the president will bring forward his budget, and it will fail.’’

Of course, he is now busy to walk this back both on the Globe and on radio
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/05/18/brown_hedges_on_medicare_overhaul/

“We need to move Washington away from spending money it doesn’t have,’’ Brown said in a statement. “Now that the president and the House have submitted their budgets, I look forward to working in the Senate on a bipartisan plan that makes the tough choices that will help get our fiscal house in order.’’

then later in the day
http://bluemassgroup.com/2011/05/scott-brown-update-yeah-he-really-is-that-bad/#comments

SENATOR SCOTT BROWN ON THE JIM & MARGERY SHOW, 96.9 BOSTON TALKS: “NO, I CAN’T SUPPORT IT AND I’VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR.” (5-18-11)

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May 18, 2011

Senator Scott Brown on The Jim & Margery Show, 96.9 Boston Talks
Senator Brown Refutes Claims of Support for GOP Plan to Privatize Medicare

Boston, MA (May 18, 2011): Speaking to Jim Braude and guest host Lauren Beckham-Falcone, Senator Scott Brown said this morning on 96.9 Boston Talks that he does not support a Republican proposal for the privatization of Medicare, written by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

“No I can’t support it and I’ve made that very clear. But what I did say also is that I applaud the direction that it’s taking us in terms of reducing spending because we’re in a financial emergency and you need to move Washington away from basically spending money it doesn’t have.”

Brown also said, “I guess it’s political. Everyone’s in campaign mode. I’m in problem-solving mode. I’m going to look at each and every opportunity. A lot of the proposals in the Ryan budget are not my proposals; I’ve made that very clear.”

When asked directly by Beckham-Falcone whether the report in The Boston Globe was wrong, Brown replied, “We sent a statement out on that first story and they didn’t even run the statement so the fact that they don’t even run a response to what I say, it’s unfortunate.”

The Jim & Margery Show is heard mornings from 6-10am on 96.9 Boston Talks.