[JCEccles]

But we should not give a rat's patootie what Ted Kennedy thinks.

You see, that's exactly the problem. Senator Hatch cares very much what Ted Kennedy thinks, and that's why Hatch is not as effective as he could be.

I would much rather have a steel-spined conservative senator in the Senate and on the Judiciary Committee who doesn't give a "rat's patootie" what Ted Kennedy thinks.

I don't see a real downside here.

[sport]

I think we are on the same page and are saying the same thing ,just in different languages.