Scott Brown Joins in Stopping GOP Filibuster

I think we all knew this would happen from time to time:

The election of Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) energized Republicans as it ensured that he would give them a critical 41st vote to help them block Democrats and filibuster key legislation.

So in the second vote of his Senate career, Brown promptly voted to help Democrats cut off a Republican filibuster of a $15 billion jobs bill engineered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).

"It's not a perfect bill," Brown said shortly after voting. "I was comfortable with that vote."

Brown defended his vote, saying he was concerned about putting people back to work.

"Anytime you can make a small step, it's still a step," said Brown.

Brown joined Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Susan Collins (R-ME), George Voinovich (R-OH) and Kit Bond (R-Mo.) in voting with Democrats to quash the GOP filibuster.

I can't get too exercised about this, especially since there were so many GOP Senators voting with Brown and the Dems. I don't expect him to vote straight down the line with Mitch McConnell all the time. He is, after all, from Massachusetts.