The senator was a little more than an hour late for his scheduled 1 p.m. speech in Fanueil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, but it was the 3.5 million deficit in popular votes and the lack of 18 electoral votes that turned the breezy quip serious.
Many Muslims and Jews at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts have been breaking bread at a unique college dining hall that opened two days after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
In a letter to the chain, he wrote: "When Massachusetts became the first state in the country to recognize equal marriage rights, I personally stood on City Hall Plaza to greet same-sex couples coming here to be married, " he added.