Edward M. Kennedy: “Without reservation, I encourage you to confirm Arne Duncan as U.S. Secretary of Education.”

The only congressman you’ll get to talk to is Teddy Fucking Kennedy.

Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today pray that what he was to us, what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world.

We did have eight Republicans and I take my hat off to them because they had to face very stiff pressure by the far right not to join with the -- with the Democrats to vote this treaty.

The hope rises again and the dream lives on.