Current mood:

sympathetic

Senator Kennedy
The AP just reported that the cause of Senator Kennedy's seizure on Saturday is a malignant brain tumor. With few tests completed yet, there aren't many details.

Something of a mountain of a man, I met Senator Kennedy just after he gave a rousing, angry speech on the steps of the Capitol during the Matthew Shepherd vigil. He came over to those of us on the steps and shook hands and apologized for the injustices still carried out in this country. His sincerity has always stuck with me.

When you talk about liberals - liberals like Kennedy - you never need to add "compassionate" to it, to soften it. Compassion is part of the very nature of what it is to be a liberal; and it's what has made and continues to make Senator Kennedy a hero of mine.

I just want to wish Senator Kennedy well and with any luck and the power of modern medicine, a few more years sticking it to conservatives in the Senate.