Another raving endorsement by the Globe.

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Pleasant to read...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/10/20/kerry_for_us_senate/

Kerry for US Senate
October 20, 2008

THE CASE for reelecting John F. Kerry to the US Senate would be strong under any circumstances. But the deepening recession will put pressure on Washington to retreat from causes that Kerry has made his own. The country needs his voice more than ever to push for expanded healthcare, action on global warming, and generous aid to countries facing the AIDS epidemic. The Globe endorses him for a fifth term.

Early on, Kerry saw the need to provide healthcare to children of working-poor families that earned too much to qualify for Medicaid. The State Children's Health Insurance Program, or S-Chip, addresses this, but proponents of expanding it failed in Congress this year. As Barack Obama said in a debate, healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Insuring children, at least, should not have to wait until the economy rebounds from the excesses of Wall Street.

Kerry was also an early advocate of curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The economic downturn has already caused members of the European Union to talk about backtracking on commitments to carbon dioxide reductions. Congress will hear similar arguments about the cost of converting to greener energy sources. Kerry, on the contrary, sees this as a "Rooseveltian moment" - a chance not to step back but to make investments in clean energy and infrastructure, including high-speed rail.
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