“Meanwhile, other members of the Democratic field have said they intend to stay in the race in hopes of facing off against Republican Scott Brown”..
...no major loss. I’d almost prefer he loses. At least with the admitted Marxists in MA we know what we’re getting.
At the very least we could use him for procedural moves. We need to try to get the votes from other seats if Brown won’t come around (and he might come around more once he wins a full 6 year term, you never know). I can’t say I like the idea of intentionally kicking an R out of the Senate at this point in time.