In other circumstances I might have said it wasn't so much a vote for Brown as a vote against Chokeley. However, if Mass. can't find a Dem who is well qualified to replace Ted Kennedy in the Senate, who and where else could? I'm thinking the Dems fielded a lousy candidate, an embarassment to Kennedy's liberal legacy, especially pertaining to the health care issue, Mass. independents were having none of it, and Brown, the better candidate won.