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Ted Kennedy's Cancer In Remission

By Eric Kleefeld - May 19, 2009, 3:20PM

Some pleasant news from Capitol Hill: The Hill reports that Ted Kennedy's cancer is now in remission, and he should be back to work full time soon.

Harry Reid told reporters that he spoke with Kennedy's wife, and was told that the Senator will return to work the first week of June.

Kennedy is expected to have a big order of business to deal with, too: The markup for health reform legislation in his Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

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Healthcare reform just got its mojo back.

Posted by Dorn76
May 19, 2009 3:38 PM | Reply | Permalink

Best news I've heard for some time. And I bet he's going to push fast and hard. Nothing like brushing with mortality to get one moving.

Posted by matyra in reply to a comment from Dorn76
May 19, 2009 3:42 PM | Reply | Permalink

Praise the Lord. Great news for him, and us.

Posted by Scientific
May 19, 2009 3:41 PM | Reply | Permalink

Great, great news.

Posted by Steve LaBonne
May 19, 2009 3:42 PM | Reply | Permalink

Excellent.

If he's able to corral the forces on health care into doing something that constitutes actual reform, should we expect Rush Limbaugh to say that Kennedy is just exploiting his illness to get votes? Rush wouldn't be so gross, would he?

(How's that for a great example of a rhetorical question????)

Posted by CT Voter
May 19, 2009 3:48 PM | Reply | Permalink

Wow, this is a fantastic surprise. I had no idea his prospects were this good.

It seems like a lucky coincidence that we will likely see Ted Kennedy and Franken going back to work at the same time. Maybe June will see progress on some of the things we've been waiting for?

Posted by mcc
May 19, 2009 3:52 PM | Reply | Permalink