Byrd wants health bill renamed for Kennedy

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"I had hoped and prayed that this day would never come," Byrd said in a statement. "My heart and soul weeps at the lost of my best friend in the Senate, my beloved friend, Ted Kennedy."

Byrd's wistful statement focused on the work accomplished with Kennedy during decades together in the Senate, and called on the healthcare bill before Congress to be renamed in honor of Kennedy.

"In his honor and as a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform which I hope, when legislation has been signed into law, will bear his name for his commitment to insuring the health of every American," Byrd said.

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/08/26...ed-for-kennedy/

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It would be appropriate, given Ted's long support for healthcare for all.

[Danno 1,228]

I doubt this is gonna fool anyone.

Actually this sounds more like a "shot in the dark" moment.... trying to resurrect a dying HC plan.

But should we get a HC plan, one would hope it bore his name as a tribute to something he was for.... when few would admit they were too.

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Byrd's wistful statement focused on the work accomplished with Kennedy during decades together in the Senate, and called on the healthcare bill before Congress to be renamed in honor of Kennedy.

the Mary Jo Kopechne medical bill just doesn't sound catchy enough.

Edited August 26, 2009 by charles!

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It would be appropriate, given Ted's long support for healthcare for all.

It would.

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Byrd's wistful statement focused on the work accomplished with Kennedy during decades together in the Senate, and called on the healthcare bill before Congress to be renamed in honor of Kennedy.

the Mary Jo Kopechne medical bill just doesn't sound catchy enough.

They could name the death panel after her

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Byrd's wistful statement focused on the work accomplished with Kennedy during decades together in the Senate, and called on the healthcare bill before Congress to be renamed in honor of Kennedy.

the Mary Jo Kopechne medical bill just doesn't sound catchy enough

Mary Jo seems to be perputually forotten.

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Worry more about what's in the bill, rather than who to name it after.

There's enough idiot grandstanding on healthcare reform.

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The Senate bill already has Kennedy's name on it. Byrd is getting a little senile.

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It would be appropriate, given Ted's long support for healthcare for all both died around the same time.

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It would be appropriate, given Ted's long support for healthcare for all both died around the same time.

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too true

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It would be appropriate, given Ted's long support for healthcare for all.

Totaly agree

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I doubt this is gonna fool anyone.

Actually this sounds more like a "shot in the dark" moment.... trying to resurrect a dying HC plan.

But should we get a HC plan, one would hope it bore his name as a tribute to something he was for.... when few would admit they were too.

Time for the left to try to cash in on the Kennedy name. Typically shallow. Only children and the infirm don't see through this ruse.