Edward M. Kennedy, Lion of the Senate
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)
(February 22, 1932 - August 25, 2009)
The youngest of the Kennedy brothers, considered the least likely to have an impact, and in many ways the most consequential. With his passing so closely after the death of his sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Kennedy family must grieve again and again the nation must grieve with them....
After the death of President John Kennedy, LBJ picked up the banner of justice and equality and so it was that a Southerner from Texas was able to get The Civil Rights Act and The Voting Rights Act through congress. In many ways this was done in memory of his predecessor in office, JFK........
This congress has the opportunity to pass the Edward M. Kennedy Health Care and Insurance Reform Act ( with a public option, not as a sliver, but as the center piece) in honor of the Lion, now gone, who spent a significant portion of his career on trying to repair the broken system for the benefit of the common person.........
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