Ted Kennedy's life and work in the Senate, I hope, should be a lesson to its 'blue dogs' amok, that they will not be remembered by their countrymen, when they hold up progress.
Teddy was one of the few left who could 'take the floor'.
A few years ago he dusted-up the place on hate crimes, with an impassioned speech. Nothing you'd ever hear out of today's media-savvy, TV-conscious soundbiters. The bulk of that is not on youTube, but the introduction of the bill is:
Here is Kennedy, with words that seem prophetic given what we now know about how far King George "The Decider" was willing to go:
