Posted on 08/26/2009 7:46:44 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the only senator to have served longer than the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), mourned his friend Wednesday, saying his "heart and soul weeps."
Byrd said he hoped healthcare reform legislation in the Senate would be renamed in memoriam of Kennedy.
"I had hoped and prayed that this day would never come," Byrd said in a statement. "My heart and soul weeps at the lost of my best friend in the Senate, my beloved friend, Ted Kennedy."
Byrd's wistful statement focused on the work accomplished with Kennedy during decades together in the Senate, and called on the healthcare bill before Congress to be renamed in honor of Kennedy.
"In his honor and as a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform which I hope, when legislation has been signed into law, will bear his name for his commitment to insuring the health of every American," Byrd said.
(Excerpt) Read more at briefingroom.thehill.com ...
They can call it anything they want. But it’s still will be as dead as its’ namesake.
Is there anybody here that didn’t see this coming??
Gee, given the mood of America, and anger at Democrats, and the fact that the Kennedys are not as beloved in middle America as the liberals think, it might be counter-productive to name this bill after Ted Kennedy.
May it meet the same end.
Ya think the bogus camelot has finally POOFED itself out?
is this for real? lets make it a personal insult then to vote against it? that the new game plan?
There went brunch....
I was thinking the bill will be in deep water, just like his car
Might as well call it SPLASH in honor of Mary Jo.
Kenndycare ... it’s dead in the water.
They want to call it the Alcoholic Car Ride off a Bridge Bill?
I am ok with it. The name justifies the results.
Consequently, God Bless Ted and his family. May God have mercy on his soul and be with the family.
We can sink copies of the Kennedy Health redistribution bill in cash for clunker cars in local lakes.
You win! That is both horrible and hilarious. You should be shamefully proud of that.
Sure, why not. We can then bury it too.
Will it explicitly deny coverage to girls drowning in the back of oldsmobiles?
When they tried to rush this in before the August recess, they forfeited their right to a mild, civilized debate. The bad guys set the tone of it, and they (except Sen. Kennedy) have to live with it.
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