Edward M. Kennedy: “I think it is just absolutely intolerable.”

Writing this letter is not easy, even after 3 years.

I understand some people will forever define me by that day, and that is their right.

The hope rises again, and the dream lives on.

I have come here tonight to stand with you, to change America, to restore its future, to rise to our best ideals, and to elect Barack Obama president of the United States.