[rainbowdemon]

Liberal lion loses yearlong battle with brain cancer at Massachusetts home



BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate and haunted bearer of the Camelot torch after two of his brothers fell to assassins' bullets, has died at his home in Hyannis Port after battling a brain tumor. He was 77.



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[DudeAsInCool]

"He led the fight for the 18-year-old vote, the abolition of the draft, deregulation of the airline and trucking industries, and the post-Watergate campaign finance legislation. He was deeply involved in renewals of the Voting Rights Act and the Fair Housing law of 1968. He helped establish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He built federal support for community health care centers, increased cancer research financing and helped create the Meals on Wheels program. He was a major proponent of a health and nutrition program for pregnant women and infants." -New York Times

And he helped end the war in Viet Nam and was the man behind the proposal for health care reform. Here's to hoping congress passes a health car bill in his honor

[KiwiCoromandel]

sad news indeed...

[sesu]

he helped end the war in Viet Nam and was the man behind the proposal for health care reform. Here's to hoping congress passes a health car bill in his honor .


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This post has been edited by rainbowdemon: 28 August 2009 - 04:41 PM