RIP Senator Kennedy.

I didn't realize how much the passing of the "Lion of the Senate" would affect me. After watching this video of Reverend Jesse Jackson discussing Senator Edward Moore "Teddy" Kennedy's legacy, I was in tears.

I realize there are many scandals associated with the Kennedy family, but aren't there in every family? How many of us can say our families have achieved as much as the Kennedys?

What a great, great family they have been for the American people.

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