Steven,

Scott Brown has been hitting the airwaves to explain why he is co-sponsoring the Blunt Amendment -- the Senate Republicans' extreme proposal that would allow employers and insurance companies to refuse to cover any health care service, for any reason, based on a vague "moral objection."

I was concerned when I heard Scott Brown trying to justify his position by invoking Senator Ted Kennedy's name in op-eds, interviews, speeches and, most recently, a radio ad.

I had the honor of knowing Senator Kennedy and the privilege of serving as his Chief of Staff in the U.S. Senate, and I think it's time for Scott Brown to stop distorting Senator Kennedy's views and his legacy of public service and accomplishment.

Patrick Kennedy, the Senator's son, wrote to Scott Brown just a few days ago, asking him to stop invoking his father's name.

How did Brown respond? Scott Brown didn't just refuse -- he had the nerve to claim he knew more about Senator Kennedy's positions than Senator Kennedy's own son.

As a Massachusetts native and a friend of Senator Kennedy's, I'm disappointed by Scott Brown's actions and words. Scott Brown isn't just distorting the facts about health care, the cause of Senator Kennedy's life -- he's disrespecting all of us who stood by the Senator to help make his life's work possible.

Please co-sign a letter I am sending to Scott Brown, demanding he respect the Kennedy family's wishes and stop invoking Senator Kennedy's name:

http://elizabethwarren.com/kennedy

Like many of my past colleagues, Senator Kennedy's family, and others who knew Senator Kennedy -- either in person or through his work -- I know: Senator Kennedy believed our country couldn't afford to wait, or to fail, to provide the highest quality of affordable care to every American.

As Patrick, Senator's Kennedy's son, wrote to Scott Brown:

"Providing health care to every American was the work of my father's life. The Blunt Amendment you are supporting is an attack on that cause... My father never would have supported this extreme legislation. "You are entitled to your own opinions, of course, but I ask that, moving forward, you do not confuse my father's positions with your own. I appreciate the past respect you have expressed for his legacy, but misstating his positions is no way to honor his life's work."

Scott Brown's refusal to honor this letter is really unbelievable. Adrian Walker, a columnist in the Boston Globe, got it right:

"The fact is, falsely invoking a deceased political icon is sleazy. Ted Kennedy never wavered on the right to contraception, and distorting his words to score cheap political points should be beneath a sitting US Senator. Refusing to back down -- as though he is defending some issue of principle, which he isn't -- is even more reprehensible."

Sign onto my letter to Scott Brown, and tell him to stop using Senator Kennedy's name in such cynical and misleading ways:

http://elizabethwarren.com/kennedy

Thank you,

Mary Beth Cahill