The United States turning a page in their history

The United States turning a page in their history. Brother of John and Bobby Kennedy died Tuesday of brain cancer. His funeral held Saturday morning in Boston, before a burial at Arlington national cemetery, near Washington. Elected to the position of Senator of Massachusetts in 1962 through the influence family to replace his elder brother elected to the White House, Edward Kennedy became a pillar of life over forty-six years of career us national policy. Respected for its commitment on all fronts of the health, civil rights and education in particular, this force of nature was a bipartisan alliances to advance the legislation on issues that took him most. Mainly active on national issues, he was also fervently defended the cause of the withdrawal of American troops from the Viet Nam. He said that in 2002 vote against the American military intervention in Iraq was "more important" of his career.

A great leader

"A chapter of our history just to conclude, said in a statement the President Barack Obama. Our country has lost a great leader, who had taken over the torch of his fallen brothers and became the largest of our era United States Senator.

Edward Kennedy had created the event, in January 2008, by supporting the Obama candidate despite the long friendship to Hillary and Bill Clinton. Achieved in May 2008 a cancerous tumor in the brain, he appeared at the Democratic convention in Denver to support his candidate and had reiterated his commitment to the great causes to which he devoted his life, starting with the reform of the health care system.

Faithful to the rigour and dedication that have marked his true life, in contrast to the turbulence of his private life, Ted Kennedy has remained attentive to the affaires up to these days.

The system of health coverage universal "is the major cause of my life," said Ted Kennedy in a long open letter published late July in "newsweek" magazine Despite his lack of Washington last year for health reasons, he did not reduce nevertheless its influence at Capitol Hill. The Senate Committee on health and education, over which he presided, adopted on 15 July the project of the Health Act which is currently the bulk of the politiques debates across the country.

In a letter sent last week to the elect of Massachusetts, he implored lawmakers to change state law to allow the Democratic Governor Deval Patrick to appoint a replacement from his death until the elections. According to the law in effect, a vote could not take place before about five months. But the Democratic Party cannot make the economy of a voice in the Senate, even as the debate on health system reform is raging in Washington. Question if elected, who will not return in session until the second week of September, will be accessed at the request of the Senator is.

Among his potential successors, it refers to his second wife, Vicki, his nephew, former member of Parliament Joseph Kenndy, and his sons Patrick and Edward Jr. Out of the family cercle, the Attorney General, Martha Coakley, and Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Martin Meehan, would also be potential candidates.