Senator Kennedy Back At Work After Cancer Surgery
The “Lion of the Senate” is back at work after recovering from brain surgery. At 76, he returns to continue a distinguished 46 year career.
Kennedy has been a player in literally every major progressive accomplishment…[], usually a major player, quite often the leading player: the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, Legal Services, the War on Poverty, environmental legislation, OSHA, bringing down Richard Nixon on the Watergate investigations, ending the Vietnam War, stopping military aid to the Contras in Central America, the Martin Luther King holiday, stopping Robert Bork, the increases in the minimum wage, Family and Medical Leave, National Service, Motor Voter Act, S-CHIP. His fingerprints are on all of that legislation, and more. And even where he failed, on universal health care and labor law reform and stopping the Iraq war and other battles, he fought the good fight with passion and heart and courage.
See this post for more info on his background. http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5907
Great job Mike Lutz. He is a compassionate and caring man and for having been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, I am amazed at all of the good work that he has done over the years. I hope he stays well.
