Teddy Kennedy Makes Candid Confessions In New Memoir
Posted on Sep 03, 2009 @ 10:24AM - 7 comments
The late Teddy Kennedy wrote in True Compass, a posthumous memoir that will be released this month, that he "made terrible decisions" regarding the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969, in which young campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne was found drowned in his car, after he careened off a bridge.
VIDEO: President Obama: Ted Kennedy Was The "Greatest US Senator Of Our Time"
Posted on Aug 26, 2009 @ 07:17AM - 64 comments
Tributes Wednesday poured in for Senator Ted Kennedy, the longtime Massachusetts senator who died Tuesday night at 77 after battling brain cancer for a year.
"An important chapter in our history has come to an end," President Barack Obama, vacationing at Martha's Vineyard, said Wednesday. "Our country has lost a great leader, who picked up the torch of his fallen brothers and became the greatest United States senator of our time."
Ailing Senator Ted Kennedy Writes Letter Urging His Seat Be Filled Quickly
Posted on Aug 20, 2009 @ 09:09AM - 5 comments
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy -- who’s been battling a malignant brain tumor for more than a year now -- has privately sent a letter to state officials urging them to change succession rules to ensure that the state still has two Senate votes if a seat becomes vacant.
In the letter -- sent to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and other key legislative leaders -- Kennedy asks them to change the law to allow the governor to quickly appoint someone to the seat temporarily, prior to a special election.
