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Massachusetts Senator Ben Affleck?

david495 Wrote: Dec 21, 2012 11:30 AM
Hey Ben, in case no one told you, that's the Kennedy's seat. Oh we'll, if you can't act, run for the senate. Get Ben a seat right next to Al Franken, another great actor.

Actor Ben Affleck has never been shy about expressing his political views. In the past, he's hinted at making a run for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts and now that Senator John Kerry will be leaving his position to head up the State Department, it seems Affleck may be seriously considering taking his place.

Ben Affleck is not denying rumors that he could run for Senate in Massachusetts if Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) steps down.

“One never knows," he told CBS anchor Bob Schieffer, in a taped interview for Sunday's episode...

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