Brown better damn well mean it. Enough of this ‘talk conservative’ to win the election, then join with the “gang of whatever” to oppose the American People on Amnesty, becoming a New England turncoat.
Yeah, it's SOP for the Big Government Republican crowd. They know the base wants conservatives, so—as much as they might regret it—they have to have the election year metamorphosis from squish to conservative (think McConnell, Alexander, McCain, et al.).