| | Healey Calls for Kerry to Resign » Outside The Beltway OTB |
 | | Kerry brushed aside the Republican attack, saying that his absenteeism in the Senate is a necessary part of his presidential campaign effort, which is aimed at ''serving the citizens of Massachusetts and the country in the proposals I've laid out." |
 | | An immediate Kerry resignation would clear the way for Governor Mitt Romney to appoint a Republican to the seat and bolster GOP strength in the Senate, where the Republicans rule by a razor-thin majority. |
 | | Healey, Bush's campaign co-chairwoman in Massachusetts, accused Kerry of having abandoned his duties in the Senate by missing 87 percent of the roll calls this year and 64 percent last year because he was campaigning for the presidency. |
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