Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) told Morning Joe that he wants to be named interim senator if Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) is confirmed as the next Secretary of State.
Said Frank: “A month ago, or a few weeks ago, I said I wasn’t interested. It was kind of like you’re about to graduate, and they said: ‘You gotta go to summer school.’ But (the fiscal cliff deal) now means that February, March and April are going to be among the most important months in American financial history.”
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