One way to work out political differences--2 Senators from Mass. bicycle together

A few years ago, Time Magazine declared that 'bicycling is the new golf'--meaning that business people, politicians, and the like bike together and work out deals on the bike rather than on the putting green.

Well, Senators Kerry and Brown of Massachusetts--of two political parties and from nearly opposite ends of the political spectrum--are doing just that.

According to a story on KPLR news:

The political differences between John Kerry and Scott Brown get left behind when the two Massachusetts senators get on their bicycles and take off for a bike ride.

Their next session comes Saturday when Kerry and Brown mount up to participate in the Pan-Mass Challenge. . . . 

Brown says he and his Democratic colleague prefer biking to having beers or dinner together.

Kerry has ridden the Challenge seven times previously; it's Brown's first time this year.