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Headlines! Thursday, August 27

Posted by: Erin Kelly on Aug 27, 2009

Remembering Ted Kennedy: An Interview with Former Sen. Harris Wofford -The Washington Post

Former Sen. Harris Wofford has long been among the Kennedy family's confidantes. When John F. Kennedy ran for president, it was Wofford who convinced JFK to make his fateful call to Coretta Scott King after Martin Luther King Jr. was thrown in jail. Years later, Wofford won an unlikely race for Pennsylvania's open Senate seat by emphasizing universal health care.

Sports Cameras Don't Show Unruly Fans, So... -The New Republic

When asked "Where are these lies from?" at the Organizing for America National Town Hall Meeting on August 20th, President Obama all but pointed to a certain television network...

How the Lion Helped the Lambs -The New Health Dialogue

Much will be made of the fact that Ted Kennedy died without seeing the "cause of his life" come to fruition. Much should be made, too, of his prodigious accomplishments in expanding access to care, corralling the power of government to combat lethal disease, and striving to have a health system that embraced the sick, the weak, the poor, the hurt, and the vulnerable.

Dodd Says He Will Carry on with Kennedy's Life Work -AP

Sen. Christopher Dodd says he'll push hard to win the far-reaching health care overhaul championed by Sen. Edward Kennedy, whom Dodd viewed almost like a brother.

A Timeline of Kennedy's Health Achievements and Disappointments -Kaiser Health News

Sen. Edward Kennedy never had to worry about getting quality healthcare, but he spent much of his career seeking to guarantee that all Americans had that same access to health services he had. "Every American should be able to get the same treatment that U.S. senators are entitled to," he wrote in Newsweek last month. "This is the cause of my life."

Mr. Steele's Health Reform Distortions -The Washington Post

Michael S. Steele's Aug. 24 op-ed, "Protecting Our Seniors," showed that the Republican National Committee chairman has a great future ahead of him -- as a writer of fiction. His health-care reform column was tethered neither to facts nor reality.