Rachel Maddow read a lengthy — and surprising — statement on her show tonight from Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA). Reacting to Republican Scott Brown’s win in the Massachusetts’ special election for Ted Kennedy’s senate seat, Frank said it would be wrong for Democrats to try to muscle health care reform legislation through Congress now that they only had 59 Senate votes.
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