It was brought up, probably inappropriately in the RIP thread, but this is in fact a pure political bs move that should offend the voters as much as any gerrymandering scheme ever done. The point of succession laws is not to be changed in whim with political hacks, but in fact guarantee stable and fair transitions within our society.
Gov. would OK law change for Kennedy successor - Yahoo! News
I agree with Trample, and I really have little respect for Ted K.