It is with great sympathy and grief that I write you this letter, hearing of your death.
From my recollection, Sir, you had a life which at times seemed thrust upon you, and a position in life which through no control of your own was also one you seemed to inherit rather than insist upon.
It took you time to understand your power, your participation your prestige. It took a learning curve to understand the importance of wealth, the impotence of swagger, the dangers of indulgence.
You were considered a member of America's royal family. You seemed to many to be in the shadow of three brother's whose fate in life was to change the world, to lay claim to bigger and better and to seize the moment. However fate seemed to steal their thunder and their moments on earth were too little too few.
And in the prime of your political career your conscience and convictions came into full throttle and you began a quest to bring fair and equitable policy and politics to a country so lacking in values and honesty. So lacking in leadership, so lacking in morals and ethics.
We will miss you Senator Kennedy. But it would seem to me that there could be one VERY important opportunity for not only your spirit and soul to live on in this country, but also for your tireless efforts and energies to bring Health Care Reform to all Americans.
Perhaps some of your colleagues in the Senate could find the backbone to stand on the floor of the Senate and ask why it is that they have the kind of health insurance all Americans deserve. Perhaps, Senators Mc Cain or Hatch or Grassley could face their peers and wonder aloud, why is it that they (the Senators), have coverage with no deductibles, no pre existing conditions, Government sponsored, easy access insurance and most to many Americans do not?
Perhaps in a moment of honesty, something most Senators shun, your friends in the Senate could talk about the real facts included in President Obama's Health care reform, and debunk the lies, fabrications myths, and innuendoes, many to most of the Republican leadership initiated.
Maybe Senators Dodd and Byrd, could stand in front of the men and women they swore to serve the nation with, and explain, had those two Senators not had the kind and quality health insurance that ALL Government workers get, the two of them might not even be alive. That had THEIR insurance not permitted dozens and dozens of pre screenings or tests, their individual illnesses and diseases would have never been detected.
I will mourn your passing Senator Kennedy, but I will selfishly mourn your courage, some of which I see having gone to the heavens with you and not remaining in the hearts and minds of the U.S. Senate.
How much easier it would be to try to save lives then to constantly destroy, devour and deny them.
Rest in peace Sir.
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