I had noticed that there was a stool positioned behind Ted Kennedy (it went unused) when he delivered his speech at the Convention on Monday, but I had no idea that, in addition to still feeling the effects of his chemo, Kennedy came to the convention straight from the hospital, where he was being treated for excruciating kidney stones. The full story is in today's New York Times.
Although he was not released by his doctors until two hours before his speech (and was instructed to come right back to the hospital when the speech was done), Kennedy insisted he would not skip the speech or, as Bob Shrum suggested, read a three sentence statement.
At this point, I'm sort of up for a national health care plan that involves Ted Kennedy just coming to your house and willing your illness away with his colossal badassery. Wow.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment