"there's about a thread a day on this topic would show that somebody cares about the issue"
Thankfully, so. Kennedy has gotten off lightly for YEARS. No, DECADES. Even w.r.t. going out drinking on Good Friday with his nephew!
Thankfully, Kerry is NOT getting a blank check as a Catholic. May he have the intellectual honesty to admit that he is NOT a practicing Catholic in conformity with the teachings of the Church!! I wish ALL Catholics would realize how crass it is, that he receives Communion sacraligeously FOR POLITICAL GAIN. And the "political gain" part of his equation is starting to evaporate. :)