No Child Left Behind Ted Kennedy was a major player in the bipartisan team that wrote the controversial No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which, according to both Kennedy and President Bush, was a compromise. He then worked to get it passed in a Republican controlled Congress, despite the opposition of members from both parties.Ummm...he doesn't oppose it. He wrote it. Liberal Ted Kennedy stands firmly with liberal Rudy Giuliani on NCLB, support for Roe v. Wade, support for partial birth abortion, support for abortion on demand, support for gun control and confiscation, support for gay marriage, support for an openly gay military, support for amnesty for illegal aliens, etc. etc. etc.
He hates it because President Bush took one of the Democrats issues and co-opted it into his own agenda. Ted Kennedy basically hung himself by breaking ranks with the Democrats and allowing the President to take one of the Democrat issues away from the Democrat party and co-opt and brand it into a conservative Republican issue.