Ted Kennedy

As Milbank points out, however, it is not clear that the “liberal lion” would have been thrilled with the bill the Senate passed. Indeed, he might well have shared Howard Dean's view that it is too weak to represent much of an ...  

Many Senate Democrats must have mixed feellings about passing the Senate health care bill. No doubt, they are pleased to have passed legislation that would signiificantly increase the number of Americans with health insurance while substantially expanding the government's control of the health care industry. But many Senators must be stung by the harsh criticism of the bill's substance by their leftist base. Some may also be stung by the...  

On ABC’s World News, anchor Diane Sawyer took the time to devote an entire story to 92-year-old Democratic Senator Robert Byrd’s vote for the Democratic health care bill, which the West Virginia Democrat dedicated to former Senator Ted Kennedy, whom the ABC anchor described as "health care champion Ted Kennedy." Sawyer recounted that Byrd had to be brought into the Senate chamber in a wheel chair several times recently to cast votes related to...  

Had Ted Kennedy been alive today, either Ben Nelson would not have been able to undermine women's health care equities and move his anti-abortion beliefs into national consequence or Joe Lieberman would not have been able to get included...  

When Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy died, there was a lot of rhetoric from many progressive Democrats that essentially said, “Let’s win one (health care reform) for Teddy!” Much of it centered on Kennedy’s career-long passion for health care reform. And in recent weeks as health care reform began being shaped by the twin political buzzsaws [...]  

Sen. Edward Kennedy receives a kiss from his wife Vicki before his address to the Democratic National Convention in August 2008. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images) Paul J. Richards / AFP/Getty Images Sen. Edward Kennedy receives a kiss from his wife ...  

The funeral of Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy was a private event that was televised live on CNN. A VIP event, the funeral mass was attended by President Barack Obama and three former presidents, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter ...  

LONDON — Senator Edward Kennedy, the widely celebrated political figure who filled the role of Massachusetts senator for four decades, will be remembered forever in his family’s native Ireland. The youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy ...  

President Walnuts does not think that dead Ted Kennedy likes this Senate health care bill very much — not because of the bill, just because it’s so partisan. Yep, that does suck. It’s what happens when the other party doesn’t negotiate in good faith, or is just retarded. Why is John McCain being so mean [...]  

Embedded video from CNN VideoFrom Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:"Edward Kennedy Jr., was diagnosed with a malignant bone tumor in his leg in the early 1970s. After part of his right leg was amputated, Kennedy and his family turned to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston to help prevent the cancer's spread. The boy joined a clinical trial that involved infusions of methotrexate, combined with the folic-acid vitamin...  

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The Who, What, When And How of A Dodd Exit Strategy (Shira Toeplitz, CQ-Roll Call) The rumor mill was rampant last week with murmurs that Sen. Christopher J. Dodd , who trails Republicans in every public poll testing his re-election prospects in Connecticut, might be ready to announce he will retire instead of seek another term next year.  

Another interview coup for Oprah Winfrey: Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. In her first interview since her husband's death, Vicki Kennedy will appear on Winfrey's television talk show Wednesday, along with her stepson, Ted Kennedy Jr., and her two children from a previous marriage, Caroline and Curran.  

...shall indeed never die. Seriously, Drunk Four Year Old sounds like he has the right attitude and ideology to be a productive member of Pelosi's caucus. Technically he should be 25, but if we can get around the First and Fourth Amendments so easily, surely we can make a wee Constitutional exception for a kid who thinks outside the box, right? And this is, I'll remind you, the Children's Congress.   

BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) is poised to become the Bay State’s first woman senator. Ms. Coakley won the Democratic primary in the race to fill the US Senate seat of the late Edward Kennedy. Her victory Tuesday was by a wide margin - 19 points over her closest competitor, Rep. Michael Capuano.