You greatly understate the cost to our government by having sKerry in the Senate. In addition to his salary, he drew benefits, had a large office in prime real estate, has at least two offices and administrative assistants he has appointed for political patronage, and has had a hand in large pork projects, such as the infamous Boston "Big Dig". .
Ok. So I'm a little conservative on my estimate. I guess I could factor another 30% on top of that....