In the Right

Buried in the coverage of last night's Suffolk University/7 News poll -- the one that shows Massachusetts Republican Brown leading Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley by 50-46 percent in the contest for the Senate -- are the following two data points:

• Sixty-two percent of those surveyed believe Massachusetts cannot afford its current health care system.

• Fifty-four percent of those surveyed support Massachusett's near-universal health care law, which relies on an individual mandate.

Using the meager mathematical skills I learned in Mrs. DeRegt's third grade class, I conclude that at least16 percent of those surveyed -- that's roughly one out of every six -- support Massachusetts's health care law, even though they don't believe Massachusetts can afford it.

Is it any wonder Massachusetts is as blue as it is?

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