Massachusetts Catholics are going to elect someone other than Ted Kennedy to the Senate if the next Archbishop of Boston kicks him out of the Church? No that won't happen, Kennedy keeps getting elected one, because of he last name and second, because of his seniority in the senate .. he brings alot of money to the state
Then there are all the unions
But kicking Kennedy out, sure would send a message
the actual final step would be for bishops to state that anyone who supported one of these candidates publicly would be denied the Sacraments. There are still a lot of Irish Catholic union leaders. Let's see if they are Catholic first, or Democrats.