Ted Kennedy Hospitalized With “Stroke Like Symptoms”
Yikes…
BOSTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday after becoming ill at his home, his office said. There was no immediate word on his condition.
A knowledgeable official said the Massachusetts Democrat was in the hospital after suffering stroke-like symptoms. The official declined to be identified by name, citing the sensitivity of the events.
Kennedy spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter confirmed in a statement that Kennedy went to Cape Cod Hospital on Saturday morning “after feeling ill at his home.” After discussion with his doctors in Boston, Kennedy was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for further examination.
“He is currently under evaluation that information will be released as it becomes available,” she said.
I detest Ted Kennedy’s politics, but I hope he’s able to make a full and speedy recovery from whatever this is.
On a related note, I’ve often wondered why politicians hang on to their offices even as their health fails and even the most routine of functions becomes a struggle. I watch Ted Kennedy snoozing in the Senate chamber Senator Robert Byrd hobbling around Washington DC on canes and I wonder: Why don’t these guys just give it up? Is the allure of power really that great?
At this stage of the game people like Ted Kennedy have probably achieved all they’re going to career-wise. Why not retire and spend your sunset years in leisure with friends and family?
Partisanship aside, it pains me to see these people clinging to their political careers even as their health fails them.