States of the Union: Massachusetts

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Several major politicians have earned their political stripes in Massachusetts -- including Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, and now Mitt Romney. On States of the Union, we find out how Bay State voters feel about Mitt Romney…as well as whether their universal health care policy has been a success, and why the state recently moved its primary to February 5. Fred Thys is political reporter at WBUR.

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