The sad news came today from HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (Aug. 26) — Massachusetts that Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77 and the only one of the prominent Kennedy brothers to die a natural death.
The loss is not any less tragic for the Kennedy family after burying his sister just recently and perishing before his pet project and most important legislation has not become law: Health Care Reform.
After serving more than 40 years in what most will agree was an exemplary and outstanding tenure in the Senate; you may not agree with his ideology or politics but he was respected and showed that politics don’t need to be as divisive and as dirty as they are today. The man was a class act and brought dignity to the office he held and unmesureable prestige to the people of Massachusetts.
We can only hope that at least in view of his passing that we could get together once more and pass this much needed legislation and set aside all this divisive tactics that only serve to diminish the quality of our lives and the prestige of our America. (Everybody’s America)
He will be sorely missed.
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