[Billthedrill]

Brilliant article. There are few people in public life for whom I had, and retain, less respect than for Teddy Kennedy. I do note, however, that by declining to resign he has placed the Democrats quite unnecessarily in the uncomfortable position of having lost their supermajority in the Senate for the time it will take to elect a successor, right before a critical vote on health care “reform”. It isn’t quite up to abandoning a young woman drowning but it’s perfectly in character.

[CottShop]

[[that by declining to resign he has placed the Democrats quite unnecessarily in the uncomfortable position of having lost their supermajority in the Senate for the time it will take to elect a successor,]]

The successor won’t be elected, but rather appointed- somethign keneddy opposed when Mitt was around

[rlmorel]

Unfortunately for us in Massachusetts (or "us" when defined as people who didn't for and have never voted for people like Kennedy, Kerry, Frank, Markey et al) Ted knew full well that the Massachusetts political machine would have no problem whatsoever brazenly and hypocritically changing the rules to in the middle of the game.

The dishonorable bastards don't play by Marquis de Queensbury rules.