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Supporters remember, hail Kennedy’s influence

WASHINGTON — In the anticipation before and subsequent tumult after the Supreme Court’s ruling, one memory repeatedly flowed from the lips and signs of supporters of the health care law.

“Now he can rest in peace,’’ House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said, referring to Edward M. Kennedy. “His dream for America’s families has become a reality.”

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If anyone would like to put emphasis on Kennedy's efforts over the years, then that emphasis should be redoubled to insure that Scott Brown is not re-elected and placed in a position where he would indeed be part of a Republican senate, which would destroy the Affordable Care Law and return us back to the days of yesteryear, where the wealthy practiced cultural evolution and the unfortunate suffered. Tomorrow is the 44th anniversary of Medicare. Fourty-four years ago, different Republicans, Reagan, Goldwater, H.W. Bush and Dole were saying exactly what Republicans are now saying today. It wasn't true then and it's not true now. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2009/07/29/170887/medicare-44/?mobile=nc