You have to read down into the article
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/an-establishment-under-siege-looks-back-wistfully-151404857.html?nf=1
I did, thanks. After I refreshed the website the link started working. Looks like they're trying to immortalize Kennedy's time in the Senate. McConnell just demonstrating all that collegiality and remembering fondly how he used to reach across the aisle to the Swimmer.