Reply #2: The Boston Globe strikes again.

[Mass]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2011/11/29/barney-frank-will-not-run-again/wRKhutQxYURSnbe0mWLUML/story.html

Frank’s announcement prompted statements from a range of political figures, including President Obama, Governor Deval Patrick, and US Senator Scott Brown, a Republican, as well as leading political gay and lesbian advocacy groups.

Frank’s lowest point in his public career came in the 1980s, when he hired Steve Gobie, a male prostitute, out of his personal funds to work as a housekeeper and driver. He kicked him out of his Washington home after he found Gobie was running an escort service there. The House Ethics Committee found no evidence of wrongdoing, but the full House reprimanded Frank for his office’s help in fixing 33 traffic tickets for Gobie and providing some misstatements.

In this article about Frank's retirement, first, they skip the entire MA delegation with the exception of Scott Brown, then they follow by this old story about Frank. (Note: I just noticed they talk about this story not once, but twice).

If you want to see a great moment of TV, find the TV interview of Frank by Savannah Guthrie this morning on the Today Show. About as inane as this article, but Frank was able to answer and to tell her what he thought of her.