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Health Care Debate Will Miss Sen. Ted Kennedy

by Ken Rudin, NPR
August 26, 2009

The liberal lion of the Senate had died. Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy was 77. He had been battling a brain tumor. His death comes as the Senate wrestles with overhauling the nation's health care system.

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  • Morning Edition, August 26, 2009
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