Ailing Senator Robert Byrd, one of only two to have served longer than Kennedy, suggests in an emotional statement renaming the pending health care legislation for the late Massachusetts Senator:In his honor and as a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform which I hope, when legislation has been signed into law, will bear his name for his commitment to insuring the health of every American.
| What the heck -- let's name the bill after him, so that at least his family will have that memory, should it fail. The latest numbers have something like 23% of voters liking/strongly liking the idea... about the final approval rating the Clinton health initiative achieved before being given up as a lost cause. |