There is far too much to say for me to add something to this thread.   A good point made on CBS this morning.........The way he worked in the senate is a way now forgotten and unknown to younger senators and politicians in general. It was the across-the-aisle, scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, mode of LBJ, Russell Long, Ev Dirksen, and many others of a time now past. Things got done becasue they had to get done and it was in general done with the best interests of the country in mind. Today, he who has the PACs and the asssociated money gets elected and that older spirit is gone with pre-purchased votes.

Thanks Senator......The youngest and last Kennedy brother accomplished far more than anyone expected and leaves perhaps the strongest legacy of action.

Spaw