Posted on 03/24/2010 7:51:28 AM PDT by Zakeet
The political odyssey of health care reform in many ways is the story of Ted Kennedy, and as President Obama signed the historic bill into law Tuesday, Kennedy's gravesite was a place of quiet celebration and poignant reflection.
The late senator's widow, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, spent hours Sunday at the simple white cross at Arlington National Cemetery marking where her husband was laid to rest only seven months ago. Ted Kennedy's youngest son, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.), visited on Monday morning and left a hand-written note that read: "Dad, the unfinished business is done."
And on a dreary Tuesday morning, dozens of school children and health care advocates paused at Kennedy's tombstone to commemorate the man who for decades made overhauling the nation's health-care system his life's mission.
Kennedy's legacy was not lost on anyone who filled the East Room of the White House for Obama's bill-signing ceremony. Members of Congress wore blue "TedStrong" wristbands in his honor and posed for pictures with Patrick Kennedy. Caroline Kennedy, the senator's niece, sat in the front row, with other members of the storied family. Vicki Kennedy walked into the room with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.).
Obama received a thunderous applause when he evoked the ghost of Ted Kennedy near the climax of his speech.
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When Obama sat to sign the bill, Patrick and Vicki Kennedy stood behind him. Finally, Ted Kennedy's dream became the law of the land.
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Don't 
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Dad
J. Kennedy (D-R.I.), visited on Monday morning and left a hand-written note that read: “Dad, the unfinished business is done.”
The note should have said, “How come you never did any jail time for killing Mary Jo? “
Yep, it takes a long time to pass legislation to control people.
Patty should go to hell and tell Teddy in person.
Like spit
I doubt Ted will care where he is.
Lecherous wastrels like you and me won't have to drive our pregnant mistress off a bridge, now Uncle Sugar will pay for the abortion!!
If he wanted his dad to get the message sooner, he should have flushed it down the toilet.
People, pay no attention to these made-for-TV moves by the left to persuade us that health care is the right thing. This merits no attention at all because it is such a disgusting attention-getting ploy. We have better things to attend to, like what is happening to the United States Constitution.
Pathetic.
Patches needs to get a life.
“Dad, the unfinished business is done. [We finally turned the U.S. into a socialist hellhole like Venezuela.]”
barf
Patrick Kennedy is one fry short of a Happy Meal.
His dad was personally responsible for much that ails the country today. How about the 1965 Immigration Act. How about just being a Dumocrat in general.
Neither Ted, and certainly Patrick, could ever have made it to Congress without the Kennedy name. That era will soon be a thing of the past. Mercifully.
Awwwww
/sarc
“I’d also like to leave something there.”
You and me both, brother.
Shameful.
Who's gravesite? Lenin's? Marx's? Che's?
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