The Boston Globe offers this report, which begins: “A personal plea from Senator Edward M. Kennedy to grant the governor power to appoint an interim successor in the Senate drew little public support from Massachusetts lawmakers yesterday, with the state’s Democratic leaders publicly silent on the proposal and most Republicans attacking it as a partisan power grab.” Meanwhile, FairVote opposes the proposal, and advocates instead a shorter election period with one-round voting using instant runoff voting.
My prediction: this law will not be changed in the near future.