About two weeks after his sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, passed away after a lengthy illness, Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy lost his year long bout with brain cancer. It was just a few days ago that Kennedy tried to have legislation passed in his home state of Massachusetts to change the state's rules regarding special elections in order to fill a vacant seat in the Senate, hoping not to replicate the political conundrum that happened earlier several months back in New York. Now, we'll have to wait and see if his wish was fulfilled after the fact.
The "liberal lion" of the Senate, Kennedy was first elected in 1962, while his brother John was President. There will be, certainly, a special election of some kind in November to fill the void created by Kennedy's passing, 47 years after he was first voted into office. An era has ended, and the lion's roar has been silenced. Rest in peace, Teddy. You will be missed.
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