Scott Brown was actually the first Senator to vote for the bill.

As soon as the vote was called, he strode quickly into the well and interrupted the clerk as he read the roll.

“Yes,” Brown said quietly, and then, having become Reid’s first vote, he rushed out of the room before Republican colleagues arrived. He stepped into the hallway, then waited for reporters to assemble around him.

“I’m not from around here,” he said. “I’m from Massachusetts.”