The mayor of Boston caught the cycling bug and now they have a "cycling czar," Nicole Freeman, a former racer. Commuter cycling is definitely on the radar because of this. I heard her speak at my club's annual dinner and she is a good advocate for cycling.
Sen. John Kerry is a pretty good cyclist, too. I have seen him riding through Concord, though not in a couple of years. I once saw him on his Serotta, when he was running for President, with a bunch of Secret Service riders with him.