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By AndrewHyman Posted in Open Threads — Comments (0) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Ted Kennedy was a champion of civil rights for minorities, for which he generally deserves praise. He fought hard against both real injustice as well as perceived injustice, and (alas) supported unlimited use of judicial means to achieve policy ends. Both Ted and his sister Eunice carried on the inspirational and progressive legacy of their brothers John and Robert, who they now join.

Eunice Kennedy was a great champion for the disabled, and also for the unborn. While she had great success defending the former --- not so much the latter. In fact, judges deemed her traditional pro-life position so horrible that they forbade legislators from even voting for it. Sometimes the good die young, and sometimes they live to be old and accomplished, like Eunice.

The old song asks, "Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?" Eunice and Teddy did in their own different ways, and now they're walking up over the hill.

UPDATE: I would have much preferred that Eunice instead of Ted had been U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, for the reasons alluded to above, and also for reasons explained by Mark Steyn.