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Patrick Kennedy, on his father's grave, "Dad, the unfinished business is done." Photo from John Dicker Again, regardless of how you feel on what he said, that is a moving moment.

Once again, it was touching and soul hitting that President Obama evoked the name of his departed friend (and you could arguably say, one of his mentors) Ted Kennedy last night. Vicki Kennedy said the speech last night was magnificent. The choice to bring up "The Liberal Lion" in the concluding stages of the speech with the letter he wrote to him showed masterclass craftsmanship. His monologue last night was certainly the nail in the coffin to those who thought he had showed no spine in this debate. Obama has showed spine in my mind, but the spine to stand for any bill and for "Trigger Man" Emmanuel to do his dirt, eviscerating any legitimate dissent among those who are seeking real reform. And with that, President Obama must not sully Senator Kennedy's name by showing the spine he showed before he showed last night. Again, it can't be said enough: Don't sully this man's name and his life long crusade for a bill that makes the insurance companies and...

The arrival of Obama and Bill Clinton to the Mass. From an emotional day in Massachusetts: Part 1 of Obama's eulogy to Kennedy: Part 2 of Obama's eulogy to Kennedy: And the closing prayer: Salutations all, and God Bless.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy And transcript of the touching eulogy given from Obama : And that's how Ted Kennedy became the greatest legislator of our time. He did it by hewing to principle, but also by seeking compromise and common cause - not through deal-making and horse-trading alone, but through friendship, and kindness, and humor. There was the time he courted Orrin Hatch's support for the Children's Health Insurance Program by having his Chief of Staff serenade the Senator with a song Orrin had written himself; the time he delivered shamrock cookies on a china plate to sweeten up a crusty Republican colleague; and the famous story of how he won the support of a Texas Committee Chairman on an immigration bill. Teddy walked into a meeting with a plain manila envelope, and showed only the Chairman that it was filled with the Texan's favorite cigars. When the negotiations were going well, he would inch the envelope close...

In a story so embarrassing, disrespectful, and self-centered that it may make you want to regurgitate when you read it, get this : Former President George H. W. Bush, who has enough stamina to sky-dive each year on his birthday, apparently doesn't have the stamina to attend Sen. Ted Kennedy's (D-MA) funeral. The elder Bush's spokesman told the AP Friday that the 43rd president decided not to attend when he learned that his son would be going. What a pathetic family they are. Because he is so ashamed of being in the same building as his son (which someone of us can ironically understand of course), a man who has time to sky drive at his age won't even attend one of the great legislators of this nation (and the world) he worked with in his time of being president. Both Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, who definitely had their frosty times with Kennedy, as we all know, would possibly be the only, ONLY former Presidents who maybe, MAYBE, would be more likely to not attend t...

70 mile drive across the city to pay respects to a public legend . It's going on as of now of this post.

Photo from UK Mirror Touching the lives in the domestic borders you live in and serve for is already one extraordinary thing. But to become an international icon (and the last name does not hurt matters at all) well, it is just further icing on the cake. Both of those things were accomplished by the now departed lawmaking Senator from Massachusetts, and his benevolence and fight for the oppressed and downtrodden reached beyond American borders. Prime Minister Brown's comments : Mr Brown said: "Senator Edward Kennedy will be mourned not just in America but in every continent. "He is admired around the world as the senator of senators. "He led the world in championing children's education and health care, and believed that every single child should have the chance to realise their potential to the full. "Even facing illness and death,, he never stopped fighting for the causes which were his life's work. "I am proud to have counted him as a friend and ...

Talking Points Memo's special tribute TPM's regular headline Huffington Post The Nation Politico Think Progress Classiness from the Drudge Report.....so classy, that I wouldn't even call it Fudge today. Of course, there are more sites to remember, more sites that show their love indeed. But for now, the memories continue.

The West Virginia Senator with a gripping one. Obama: "The Greatest Senator of our times." Biden fighting back his tears: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy More to come on a somber and, at the same time, happy day in the American political landscape, and outside of it.