Obama May Visit Ailing Kennedy - could provide a rallying point for Democrats

[jefferson_dem]

Obama May Visit Ailing Kennedy
Kennedy At Hyannis Port, Obama Vacations On Martha's Vineyard
POSTED: 6:30 am EDT August 23, 2009

BOSTON -- When Barack Obama's presidential prospects sagged, Sen. Edward Kennedy lifted the candidate with a coveted endorsement.

When brain cancer kept the Massachusetts Democrat from delivering his stepdaughter's college commencement address, Obama left the campaign trail and stood in for his then-Senate colleague.

And when Obama made one of the most closely watched decisions of his young presidency — the type of puppy for his daughters — it was Kennedy who gave him "Bo," a Portuguese Water Dog like the pair that have been a fixture in Kennedy's Capitol Hill offices.

With Kennedy now at his vacation home in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod and Obama setting off on his weeklong stay on nearby Martha's Vineyard, there's speculation the president may come see the ailing senator.

A visit could provide a rallying point for Democrats as Obama seeks to achieve one of Kennedy's career goals: overhauling the nation's health insurance system to provide near-universal coverage.

It also would show anew the close relationship between the first African-American president and the last vestige of the Camelot White House era.

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[GeorgeGist]

1. PR stunts are obsolete technology.

It's time to be audacious.

[Captain Hilts]

2. I don't give a damn about the 'camelot' shit, but it would be a great gesture vis a vis healthcare.

[HopeOverFear]

3. Man oh man I hope there's a picture of that

[ruggerson]

8. Not if he's very, very ill

that would be appalling.

He deserves his privacy right now.

[Beetwasher]

4. Im in Hyannisport Right Now

Right down the road from the Kennedy compound.

[hileeopnyn8d]

5. I hope he does visit him

and I don't need or care about a photo-op. I don't even care if it does or doesn't provide a rallying point on healthcare.

The man is sick, if he is able to have visitors and wants visitors, his friends should visit him.

[jenmito]

6. Ed Henry said Kennedy may be too ill for Obama to visit him after all. I hope he's wrong. n/t

[SoFlaJet]

7. When Health Care Reform passes

it should be named after Ted Kennedy

[thelordofhell]

9. They need to call it the "Kennedy Act"

[graywarrior]

10. Aren't they friends?

Wouldn't any of us visit a sick friend, no matter how sick they were?