Political Quotes

“the television news folks spent much of yesterday looking at brain scans and pretty much counting out our friend Ted Kennedy. But I will tell you today, I think the TV crowd is missing a much bigger story; that is, Ted is the most determined person I have met, and anybody who counts Ted Kennedy out needs to have their head examined. Now, earlier today, Senator Kennedy's son, Ted junior, gave me a call. Ted junior is a wonderful guy. We talked about all of the instances where his family has tackled illness, defeated cancer. Ted junior told me earlier today that his dad is mobilizing, he is building a battle plan against cancer, he is talking to the experts, he is digging out the facts the way we know Ted Kennedy does unlike anybody else here in the Senate. And certainly Senator Kennedy is not sugarcoating anything. But I think it is also important to note that he sure is looking ahead. Senator Kennedy is especially looking forward to the passion of his life in public service, fixing health care and universal health coverage, coverage for all of our people. Ted has always been America's go-to guy on health care. He has always been our conscience, our leader on the premier domestic issue of our time. Ted is always telling me--he is telling a lot of the Senators--that this time Democrats and Republicans here in the Senate can get it done, that after 60 years of bickering and quarreling partisanship, at this time, it can get done.”