Bill Bennett: “on the 5th of April, the senior Senator from Massachusetts, Senator Kennedy, appearing before the Brookings Institute…”

“on the 5th of April, the senior Senator from Massachusetts, Senator Kennedy, appearing before the Brookings Institute, delivered what Larry King described as a blistering attack on the Bush administration. Last night, Larry King and Senator Kennedy had a conversation about the speech and Senator Kennedy's comments that is worthy of comment and reaction in the Senate. First, let me make this observation. Senator Kennedy earlier in this campaign made personal attacks on the President which I felt compelled to respond to in the Senate. I am happy to report in his conversations with Larry King, Senator Kennedy backed away from that degree of personal attack on the President, and I salute him for that. I think it important for us to recognize how much we can get carried away with election-year rhetoric and how personal we can get in our attacks sometimes. I salute Senator Kennedy, in spite of the vigorousness of his attack on the administration, for his decision to back away from personal attacks on the President. I would hope other members of his party would follow his lead.”