Sadly, Rhode Island Democratic Representative Patrick Kennedy's departure from Congress is something to mourn because it represents, as NBC's Matt Lauer lamented, "The end of an era. There's been a Kennedy in Congress since John F. Kennedy entered the House back in 1947." The nephew of the late President was invited on Monday's Today show to commemorate the occasion with he and co-host Meredith Vieira fondly looking over newly-released photos of JFK from Life.com and reminiscing about his father, the last and great Senator from Mass, Ted Kennedy.
He was a vocal supporter for health care reform which, to this writer, should be a no brainer but, weirdly, is not.
A February 2010 poll commissioned by WPRI TV 12 in Providence indicated Kennedy's support was weak entering his expected re-election campaign, as 56% of 1st District voters viewed him unfavorably and only 35% said they would vote to re-elect Kennedy.
He was born in '67 so one would hope that he has a lot more public service in him.
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