It seems Kennedy believed in Rule of Partisanship instead in his flip- floping arounf how to fill a vacancy in the Senate..
http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/08/25/opinion/doc4a931816c9fbc388510857.txt >>> We wish the senator peace and a lack of suffering, but evidently his >>> illness hasn’t affected Kennedy’s penchant for hypocrisy. He wants the >>> Massachusetts Legislature to upend the succession law it passed in 2004, >>> when — at his urging — it stripped away the governor’s power to temporarily >>> fill a Senate vacancy. Kennedy spearheaded a move to persuade the Legislature to create a law that prevented then-Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, from appointing a Republican to fill John Kerry’s U.S. Senate seat had Kerry beaten President Bush in the 2004 election. Now, five years later, Kennedy wants state lawmakers to change state law to give Democrat Gov. Deval Patrick, a fellow Democrat and supporter of President Obama, the ability to appoint an interim replacement to Kennedy’s seat should Kennedy be unable to continue serving. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
