By Glen Johnson/Globe Staff
July 13, 2012
First, it was kings and queens. (click title to entry - thank you) Now, it is heads of state — and the secretary of state....
...“I can name a litany of Democratic-sponsored bills that I’ve done that never would have passed hadn’t it been for me,” Brown told CNN. “And the president had called me, and vice president calls me, and Secretary [of State Hillary Rodham] Clinton calls asking for my vote all the time.”
In reality, Brown’s staff says he has spoken by phone with Clinton just twice during his Senate career — most recently over a year ago, on July 5, 2011.
The other call occurred in December 2010, when the Obama administration was seeking votes to pass the New START Treaty....
