Catnip - Atlantic article on visiting the Senate - and Chris Heinz has a baby, named "Jack"

[karynnj]

The most JK relevant paragraph:

And then actual START debate between Kerry and Inhofe, about which I'll simply say: Kerry has been a champion debater through all his life. Inhofe has not. (To summarize: Inhofe raised impassioned objections about the lack of verification under the new treaty. Kerry calmly pointed out that the treaty didn't work the way Inhofe thought. Inhofe resumed with the same passion and the exact same objections.) With no cattiness quotient whatsoever, Kerry -- who was running things for the Democrats nearly the whole time we were there -- looked and sounded great. Like his predecessor as Mass. senior senator Teddy Kennedy, he is someone who aspired beyond the Senate but may have found his true home there.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/12/if-youre-looking-for-a-good-time-in-lame-duck-dc/68320/

The no cattiness, links back to Fallows' article praising Kerry on Meet the Press. These comments are really nice, but almost bigger news - we all know Kerry is wonderful in debates, was a throw away comment in the previous paragraph.

There was an intriguing comment:

"And a complimentary (and complementary) remark by John Kerry about family news of his stepson Christopher Heinz, whose late father John Heinz had of course been a Senator."

Thanks to the article's detailed description of the Senator's he saw speak, here is the CSPAN clip,

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/clip.php?appid=599299461

Congratulation to the Chris Heinzes and to the proud grandparents.

[Mass]

1. Thanks. There was also an article in the Boston Globe today, that was on the front page above the

fold and started by reminding Kerry's role.

Senate poised to OK arms treaty

with a photo of Kerry and Lugar:

The US Senate, in a key test vote, moved yesterday toward final passage of a nuclear arms pact with Russia, setting up a likely foreign policy victory for President Obama and a hard-won achievement for Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, who shepherded the treaty through fierce GOP opposition.

My son told me he followed the debate on line as his classes ended last week. Interestingly, CSPAN is accessible from China,

[karynnj]

3. That is a good article.

It is cool that your son can access CSPAN even in China.

[Luftmensch067]

2. So sweet!

Aww, was JK a tiny bit choked up at the end there? Or just hoarse from schooling idiots for days? :-)

So happy to hear that the extended Heinz-Kerry family have a wonderful new grandchild to love.

[ProSense]

4. Cool.

Congrats to the parents and grandparents.

[ObamaKerryDem]

5. Aww congrats to them and the whole family! What a lovely way to wrap up the year..

..that held so many great accomplishments for JK; so many things for him and the whole family to be proud of. :)