Cord Byrd: “Mr. President, while the Senate was in recess, the senior Senator from Massachusetts became a little bit more senior. On…”

“Mr. President, while the Senate was in recess, the senior Senator from Massachusetts became a little bit more senior. On February 22, Senator Edward Kennedy celebrated his 69th birthday. Oh, to be 69 again. In recognition of that occasion, I wish to say today what an enjoyable privilege it has been to work in the Senate with Ted Kennedy. History will be fair to Senator Kennedy, and I have no doubt that history will judge him as one of the most effective Senators on that roll of 1,864 Senators as of now. He is one of those rare workhorses. In the Senate we have show horses and we have workhorses. The show horses, you see them on TV quite often for the most part. Of course, we expect our elected leaders to be on TV often, but the workhorses, you don't see them on TV quite as often. Ted Kennedy is one of those rare workhorse Senators in the truest meaning of that word. Nearly every piece of progressive legislation since 1977 bears, if not Ted Kennedy's name, at least his imprint.”