Thank you, Senator Kennedy

So much happened today.  All of my favorite stories - Governor Sanford and Michele Bachmann.  You know how I love a good Michele Bachmann story.  And it's a doozy.  Also a few other tales of folly.  But I'm not in the mood to make fun of the inanity of ridiculous people tonight.

Tonight I'd just like to thank Senator Kennedy.  I'd like to thank him for his unwavering work on behalf of those who don't often have a voice in this country.  He did battle for the powerless.  He believed that all people in this country deserved to be treated equally.  He believed that the playing field needed to be a level one so that all Americans could have the opportunity to achieve.   He believed that all Americans should have access to health care.  He believed that we were in this together.

He had the strength to fight for what he believed in and the wisdom to understand how to get it.

I am going to go to bed tonight hoping that our president has been paying attention to the remarkable life and legacy of this great man.  He was strong.  And fearless.  And understood that when the Democrats hold the White House, the House and the Senate, it's not the Democrats that need to make all the concessions!  

He was unafraid to be a Democrat.  A liberal. 

That is rare.

His voice, strong and unapologetic, will be sorely missed.