*Posted prior to the passing of Senator Kennedy. Senator McCain speaks to the effectiveness and his personal regard for Ted Kennedy.
Senator McCain’s respect and admiration for Senator Kennedy is also evident in the statement he made upon finding out about Senator Kennedy’s illness…
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to him. We hope and pray that they will be able to treat it and that he will experience a full recovery,” he said.
“I have described Ted Kennedy as the last lion in the Senate,” a tearful McCain said on his campaign bus in Florida. “And I have held that view because he remains the single most effective member of the Senate.”
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