Reply #3: Me too - ditto on your and Mass' comments

[karynnj]

I think she also does disservice to Kennedy. You can't find solutions on the extremes - no matter how passionate you are. Kennedy passed legislation because - like Kerry is trying for now - he made compromises.

In fact, in 1997, it was Kennedy, who too Kerry/Kennedy and made major changes to it to get Hatch on board. Kerry/Kennedy was a better plan for a national program - SCHIP allows each state to design and implement its own version. SCHIP was better because it was able to pass, where the precursor bill couldn't.

Kennedy, himself, praised Kerry's eloquence and passion in one of his last speeches on the Alito filibuster. That was HIS word - and I assume that Kennedy was a hell of lot more aware than Joan Vennoci. Not to mention, many mentioned Kerry's passion on both his attempt to get climate change legislation and on his infrastructure initiative. (Not to mention the first time the country saw Kerry it was his full of passion speech.

If she expects Brown to ever show passion, she might have to wait a long time. Passion rarely starts with not being sure what your position is.