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Great point about prices being jacked up for T and commuter rail riders - especially those at the outer ends of the lines -- vs. gas tax. Transit is transit: A person riding the train is staying out of traffic for drivers. - promoted by charley-on-the-mta

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The curious tale of Lynne and Mary Jo... - promoted by david

Another wheel comes off. - promoted by Bob_Neer

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The real Scott Brown has been revealed in this election: small, petty, and having a really hard time facing up to the fact that he may well lose to a girl.

Here are some choice quotes from the Taunton Gazette:

Jackson responded to Brown’s comments, calling them offensive. “What Scott Brown said today is so offensive to me and my family after what we went through,” Jackson said. “He’s sunk to a new low.” Jackson said going through her husband Sam’s sickness and death from mesothelioma was one of the most difficult situations she ever endured. “Sam and I were childhood sweethearts and we had been together since I was 15 years old,” Jackson said. “I came forward in this campaign because Massachusetts voters need to know the truth about what Elizabeth Warren did to help families like mine who were affected by asbestos poisoning, rather than Sen. Brown’s misleading attacks.” ...

John F. English, who appeared in another one of Warren’s ads talking about his father who died from mesothelioma, was more direct in his response to Brown’s “actor” comment. “Let Scott Brown tell me to my face that I am nothing but a paid actor, and I’ll set him straight on what it was like to watch my father suffocate to death,” English said.

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Scott Brown, as noted previously, is simply lying about Elizabeth Warren's role in the asbestos litigation. The best and most concise explanation of what really happened is the letter from a law firm that has spent years representing asbestos victims, which Lynne posted yesterday.

Here is the Sept. 21 Globe story that the ad quotes, with the crucial context restored that Brown omits:

But at the time Warren worked for Travelers on the Supreme Court case, most asbestos victims and their attorneys were actually on her side of the issue. She was fighting, she says, to unlock the $500 million trust, which Travelers said at the time it was willing to pay out in order to gain immunity and settle all the outstanding claims. Warren has also said that her work was intended to preserve an important principle in bankruptcy law that would encourage bankrupt companies to leave money available to future victims of large-scale corporate malfeasance. Without the promise of immunity from future lawsuits, these companies have no incentive to establish such trusts, she argues.

But regardless of her motives, the case has turned out disastrous for the victims, leaving room for Brown and others to argue that she should have been more suspicious of Travelers’ motives. Brown did not mention that he has also benefited from Travelers, in a smaller way than Warrren. His campaign received $9,000 from the company’s political action committee over the last two years.

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Scott Brown's asbestos ad is profoundly dishonest. Full stop. - promoted by david