MA-Sen: Why did Scott Brown vote against aid to 9/11 recovery workers?

Greg Sargent:

One month after the September 11th attacks, Scott Brown was one of only three Massachusetts State Representatives to vote against a bill to provide financial assistance to Red Cross workers who had volunteered with 9/11 recovery efforts, we’ve learned.

Why did Brown vote against 9/11 workers?

The Brown campaign acknowledged the vote to us, claiming the measure would have taxed already-strained state finances.

So in the aftermath of worst terror attack in American history, Scott Brown put his right-wing vision of fiscal austerity ahead of helping the nation's recovery efforts. That's pretty much the definition of radical conservativism -- and it reflects the exact opposite of the values that Ted Kennedy fought for his entire life.