I first met Ed when he was a new state rep on Beacon Hill back in 1973. He was a nice guy. Then, as time went by and he gained more influence in the state House, he turned into a real pill. Now, I'm sure, he has forgotten that his old man was a plumber.
His father was instrumental in getting the Immaculate Conception Church built and he never even asked that a pew be named for him. Whe I was young and foolish I worked on his first campaign becaise I thought he was like a Kennedy. Now that I am grown up, I realize I was right. I just didn't know what it meant then.