In the early morning hours Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass) passed away. Sen. Kennedy is the last of the famed Kennedy siblings and follows closely behind the death of his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Sen. Edward Kennedy was described as the "liberal lion" for the progressive reform he was involved in during his 46 years in congress. Kennedy played a major role in passing many laws that have affected the lives of all Americans, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the National Cancer Act of 1971, the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Ryan White AIDS Care Act in 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Mental Health Parity Act in 1996 and 2008, the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997, and the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act in 2007. Kennedy's major legislative goal had been enactment of universal health care, which he continued to work toward during the Obama administration.
How about in memory of Sen. Edward Kennedy people stop making things up about health care reform (that it is a nazi/socialist/communist/evil/grandma killer/slippery slope, etc.) and put politics aside to allow meaningful and valuable health care reform to happen?
On a happier note, happy National Women's Equality Day everybody. 89 years ago women were granted the right to vote, still reform is needed to give women an equal footing in our society.
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