Made sense. The former Cosmo centerfold (bleh) who turned the political landscape upside down with his Republican win in Massachusetts (ouch) made his Washington debut Thursday with rock star fanfare.
But as hot as Brown was, my attention that day was on an admittedly less star-studded U.S. House of Representative Judiciary Committee hearing.
I know, Dullsville.
And yet I found myself riveted to a live feed as a mother described her nearly five-year search for her son in hopes of reforming the way missing-persons cases are handled.
In heartbreaking detail, Janice Smolinski testified before a congressional subcommittee in favor of Billy's Law — named after her 31-year-old son, Billy Smolinski Jr., who went missing in Waterbury on Aug. 24, 2004.
Smolinski told judiciary members about her son's disappearance and the additional frustrations heaped on families already dealing with the agonizing loss of a loved one.
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