Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

You have to wonder how the presidency would have played out if their oldest brother Joe wasn't killed in the war. He was the one everyone had tabbed for future greatness. It sorta just passed to John after that. We'd maybe have had a different JFK and no RFK or Ted.

And therein lies some of the Kennedy mystique. It seems tragedy was inextricably linked to their collective destinies. At times we were more interested in their personal narrative than their politics. But I think John MCain summed it up best today. Teddy was famous before he was accomplished.