Gail Collins on Scott Brown's most significant legislative achievement

If Scott Brown’s phone calls scuttled the energy efficiency bill sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, writes Gail Collins, “it would have been the most significant thing Brown ever managed to achieve in his legislative career:”

Some people blame the bill’s demise on Scott Brown, the former U.S. senator from Massachusetts who has now moved to New Hampshire to run against Shaheen. (Do you think the Brown campaign is actually being secretly recorded for a reality show? Think about it — a cute guy in a truck drives around the country, fixes up a home, runs against a woman for the Senate, and then moves on to a different state. You’d have all the political drama of “House of Cards” combined with the excitement of “House Hunters” and the sexual tension of “The Bachelor.”)

But about the energy bill. The theory is that Brown called the Republicans with whom he served in his previous incarnation as a senator and asked them not to give Shaheen a win. If that made the difference, it would have been the most significant thing Brown ever managed to achieve in his legislative career.