Massachusetts Democrats Clash on Security in Primary Race
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A week after deadly bombings in Boston, the two Massachusetts Democrats vying for an open U.S. Senate clashed on homeland security issues during a televised debate.
U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch, lagging in campaign cash and public polls, criticized House colleague Ed Markey for a 2002 vote in Congress against creating a joint task force allowing collaboration among law enforcement agencies -- an element Lynch argued was central to authorities’ apprehension of the surviving suspect in last week’s Boston attacks.