BOSTON - Barney Frank will not run for re-election next year. The acerbic, liberal, 16-term Massachusetts congressman, whose district lines were redrawn this year to include more conservative areas, explained his decision today in typical style by saying, "I don't have to pretend to be nice to people I don't like."
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