A well know icon of politics has left us.
Senator Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy will sorely be missed. Over the years, he has done a lot for his home state of Massachusetts, but also for the entire nation. He was advocate for the needy, the elderly, school children. It didn't matter whether what race or color you are, he was there battling away in the Senate. If he couldn't get a full bill to be voted on, he would work both sides of the aisles, to make sure it gone done, or at a compromise worked out.
Ted Kennedy has gone through a legacy of losing three older brothers: is oldest brother Joe, John who went on to become president, and his brother Robert who was Attorney General of the US.
He also lost his John F Kennedy Jr, in a plane crash in 1999, and his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who just passed away this August 11. He did not attend his sisters funeral, as he was bed ridden well, battling the brain tumor that has plagued him since May 2008.
What becomes of the health reform that has gone haywire, and without his voice to get it done right, I'm afraid will be watered down version of what he would want done.I hope that the senators and members of the House of Representatives, get together and start working on getting it the health care bill done, and done the way Ted Kennedy would have wanted it done.
Senator Kennedy was like the late actor from Boston, Jack Lemon who if he didn't know you, he was still your friend, as he no bad words for anyone, and thats the way everyone should act.
Senator Kennedy will be missed by the people of Massachusetts, and across the nation.
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I too agree that it was uncanny that Taps was played as the sun set.What a fitting farewell to a wonderful human being. The lightening, was Ted saying I'm up here now, and I'm still watching you, and guiding you...and you better pass that health care bill and make it soon.
ReplyDeleteVery touching post.