Posted Aug. 7, 2009 at 1:00 AM

Tagged: John McCain (National) Connie Mack (FL) Kendrick Meek (FL) Melquiades Martinez (FL, National) Bill Nelson (FL, National) Charles Crist (FL, National) Marco Rubio (FL) Bill McCollum (FL) Barack Obama (National) George W. Bush (DC, National)

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1176940.html

Sen. Mel Martinez's decision Friday to cut his term short by 17 months caps a historic though unfulfilled career for the first Cuban-American senator, while handing Gov. Charlie Crist a unique...