Well, that was quite a political curveball Massachusetts threw yesterday.

Scott Brown’s startling victory in the special U.S. Senate race should, in truth, startle very few people. Compliance Week is based in Massachusetts and I personally have lived here almost my entire life, so first let me dispel a few notions about why Republicans captured such a vital political prize. Then we can move on to what his arrival in the Senate means for the future of regulatory reform.