U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) waits to speak at a ceremony to announce a federal grant for the University of Massachusetts Lowell for nanotechnology manufacturing research in Lowell, Massachusetts October 18, 2006. Senator Kennedy is running to be re-elected to a eighth six-year term in November. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) reacts after President Barack Obama signed H.R. 1388, the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, at the SEED Public Charter School in Washington, April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama embraces Senator Ted Kennedy (L) before Obama signed H.R. 1388, the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, at the SEED Public Charter School in Washington, April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS) 

Medical personnel wheel a patient into an awaiting ambulance outside the East Front of the U.S. Capitol after the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America in Washington, January 20, 2009. Ailing U.S. Senator Edward
Kennedy (D-MA) collapsed at an inaugural lunch for Democratic President Barack Obama on Tuesday and was evacuated by medical
staff, apparently suffering from convulsions, a congressional aide said. Another senator with medical problems, Democratic Sen.
Robert Byrd, 91, of West Virginia, was sitting next to Kennedy when the Massachusetts lawmaker suffered his apparent seizure,
a Byrd aide said. Byrd sustained no health problem, but his security detail decided to remove him from the luncheon in his wheelchair, said the aide, Jesse Jacobs. REUTERS/John Moore/Pool (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) walks offstage after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during a special convocation ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts December 1, 2008. Senator Kennedy was initially scheduled to receive the degree at last year's Harvard Commencement ceremonies in June 2008, but was unable to attend while receiving treatment for a malignant brain tumor that was diagnosed in May 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) speaks to the crowd at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 25, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Il) is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) gestures as he addresses the convention before a tribute to his life and career at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 25, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama [D-IL} is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28. REUTERS/Mike Segar [UNITED STATES] US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 [USA] 

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) (L) and his wife Victoria laugh as he is introduced at the 2008 Profiles in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts May 12, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

U.S Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) waves as he is driven away from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts May 21, 2008. Kennedy, an elder statesman of U.S. liberal politics and brother of slain President John F. Kennedy, was released from hospital on Wednesday morning after being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (R) walks away from a rally with Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) at American University in Washington January 28, 2008. Kennedy, a Democratic icon and a leading liberal voice, endorsed Obama on Monday for the party's presidential nomination and called the young lawmaker an inspirational uniter. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) 

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) takes part in a protest against President George W. Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program across from the White House in Washington October 1, 2007. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES) 

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (R) shares the stage with Senator Edward Kennedy during a campaign rally in Hartford, Connecticut, February 4, 2008, on the eve of the "Super Tuesday" primaries. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) 

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shares a laugh with Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) before Obama signed H.R. 1388, the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, at the SEED Public Charter School in Washington, April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS) 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) is pictured at a ceremony where President Barack Obama signed H.R. 1388, the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, at the SEED School in Washington, April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS) 

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy listens during a special convocation ceremony to confer upon him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts December 1, 2008. Kennedy was initially scheduled to receive the degree at last year's Harvard Commencement ceremonies in June 2008, but was unable to attend while receiving treatment for a malignant brain tumor that was diagnosed in May 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

United States Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) speaks at a news conference about the Medicare prescription drug bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 26, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Young 

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (L) waves beside Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) during a rally at American University in Washington January 28, 2008. Kennedy, a Democratic icon and a leading liberal voice, endorsed Obama on Monday for the party's presidential nomination and called the young lawmaker an inspirational uniter. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) 

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) speaks with U.S. Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA) as he arrives for the inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States in Washington, January 20, 2009. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States and the first African-American to lead the nation, at the Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2009. Senator Edward Kennedy,
who is being treated for a brain tumor, collapsed at an inaugural lunch for Democratic President Barack Obama on
Tuesday and was evacuated by medical staff, a congressionalaide said. REUTERS/J. Scott Applewhite/Pool (UNITED STATES) 

Senator Ted Kennedy hugs U.S. President Barack Obama during the inaugural luncheon after Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States in Washington, January 20, 2009. Obama became the first African-American president in U.S. history. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and his wife Victoria point into the audience during a special convocation ceremony at Harvard University to confer an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Senator Kennedy in Cambridge, Massachusetts December 1, 2008. Senator Kennedy was initially scheduled to receive the degree at last year's Harvard Commencement ceremonies in June 2008, but was unable to attend while receiving treatment for a malignant brain tumor that was diagnosed in May 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

U.S Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) waves as he walks out of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, in this May 21, 2008 file photo. Kennedy returned to the U.S. Capitol on July 9, 2008 for the first time since his brain surgery last month, ready to provide fellow Democrats the needed 60th vote to clear a stalled-Medicare bill opposed by the White House. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/Files (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 8, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) gestures on stage at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 25, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) kisses his wife Vicki as he arrives onstage after a tribute to his life and career was delivered at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 25, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) waves as he arrives onstage after a tribute to his life and career at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 25, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) 

U.S Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) (L) leaves Massachusetts General Hospital with his son U.S. Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) (2nd R) and his wife Victoria (far R) in Boston, Massachusetts May 21, 2008. Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, an elder statesman of U.S. liberal politics and brother of slain President John F. Kennedy, was released from a Boston hospital on Wednesday morning after being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

Senators Arlen Specter (L) (D-PA) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) look toward a curtained off area from where Iraqi refugees testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 16, 2007. To protect their identity, witnesses were placed behind the curtain as they spoke to committee members in the hearing "The Plight of Iraqi Refugees". REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES) 

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (L) smiles beside Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) during a rally at American University in Washington January 28, 2008. Kennedy, a Democratic icon and a leading liberal voice, endorsed Obama on Monday for the party's presidential nomination and called the young lawmaker an inspirational uniter. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) stands in front of a Capitol Building elevator after a Democratic party-led bid to block Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito January 30, 2006. The Republican-led Senate on Monday defeated the Democratic bid to block Supreme Court nominee Alito -- clearing the way for confirmation of the 55-year-old conservative who could move the high court to the right. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) speaks to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (not pictued) on the second day of Alito's Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington January 10, 2006. Alito, who voiced opposition to abortion as a Reagan administration lawyer two decades ago, testified on Tuesday the Constitution protects the right to privacy, a key underpinning of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) waits to speak at the 2003 John F.
Kennedy Profiles in Courage award ceremonies at the JFK Presidential
Library in Boston, May 12, 2003. Kennedy and his niece Caroline Kennedy
Schlossberg presented awards to Former South Carolina Governor David
Beasley, former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes and former Georgia State
Legislator Dan Ponder for their controversial stances on ending the
display of the Confederate battle emblem on their state flags.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg

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U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) holds hands with his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, (L), while walking to a memorial service for Pierre Salinger at Holy Trinity Church in Washington October 21, 2004. Salinger, 79, died October 16 in Paris, and was a former press secretary for President John F. Kennedy. REUTERS/Shaun Heasley SH 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) encourages thousands at a rally for immigration reform on the Washington Mall April 10, 2006. At 74, Edward Kennedy still roars as one of America's leading liberal voices, longest serving U.S. senators and most polarizing political figures. While most people his age are retired, Kennedy shrugs off an achy back and heads toward anticipated re-election in November to an eighth six-year term. Picture taken April 10, 2006. To match feature story PEOPLE-KENNEDY. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) lays flowers on the casket of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel during his military funeral at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington DC, December 2, 2004. Gavriel, from Haverhill, Massachusetts died November 19 while fighting in Al Anbar Province in Iraq and his funeral is the 99th "Operation Iraqi Freedom" funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR 

Kennedy family members Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI), Sergeant Shriver, Jean Kennedy Smith, Eunice Shriver, Victoria Kennedy, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), and Kara Kennedy arrive for the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in Washington December 3, 2006. The 2006 honorees are composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, conductor Zubin Mehta, singer Dolly Parton, singer Smokey Robinson and film director Steven Spielberg. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and his wife Victoria hold hands as they arrive for the gala performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington December 2, 2007. The 30th annual Kennedy Center Honors awards are given for lifetime achievement in the performing arts. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) walks past a poster of his brother, former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, as he arrives to present the first John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 15, 2004. REUTERS/Brian Snyder BS/MR 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) walks to the Senate floor to vote on the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, in the Capitol Building in Washington, January 31, 2006. A sharply divided U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, backing a second conservative nominated by President George W. Bush in his effort to move the nation's highest court to the right. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) is congratulated by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Ma) after she was elected the first female House Speaker by its members on the first day of the 110th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington January 4, 2007. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) shows a chart detailing a timeline of U.S. troop withdrawls proposed by the U.S. military, at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 11, 2007. U.S. Army General David Petraeus, the top commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker testified for a second day on Capitol Hill about the state of the war in Iraq. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES) 

Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy waves as he takes the stage for his speech during the second night of the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, July 27, 2004. The Democrats opened second night's proceedings by approving a nonbinding party platform outlining candidate Kerry's stance on a broad range of issues such as health care, taxes and Iraq. REUTERS/Brian Snyder US ELECTION JM 

U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) (R) walks behind President George W. Bush at a signing ceremony for H.R. 9, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 on the South Lawn in Washington July 27, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES) 

Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) speaks to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (foreground) on the second day of Alito's Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington January 10, 2006. Alito, who voiced opposition to abortion as a Reagan administration lawyer two decades ago, testified on Tuesday the Constitution protects the right to privacy, a key underpinning of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), surrounded by family, lays a rose at the grave
of his brother, former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, at Arlington
National Cemetery outside Washington November 20, 2001. Earlier, family
members placed flowers at the gravesite of Robert F. Kennedy, marking
what would have been his 76th birthday. To Kennedy's right, is his wife
Victoria, and to his left, is his sister Pat Kennedy Lawford.
REUTERS/Win McNamee

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Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts on July 27, 2004. Democrats backed a controversy free party platform on Tuesday as the wife of White House hopeful John Kerry and the son of a Republican legend prepared to share the spotlight on the second night of their national convention. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn US ELECTION PM 

Sen. Ted Kennedy watches President Clinton August 27 at Mechanic's Hall in Worcester, MA as he is introduced for his first public appearance since giving a nationally televised statement on the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Clinton later returned to his vacation on Martha's Vineyard.

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President Bill Clinton waves to a crowd gathered in Menemsha Harbor aboard the yacht Relemar along with (L-R) Ted Kennedy, first lady Hillary Clinton, long time friend Vernon Jordan, daughter Chelsea and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The Clintons were to have lunch with Mrs. Onassis following their cruise. Below Clinton is Victoria Reggie, wife of Senator Kennedy. REUTERS/Win McNamee 

Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) walks into a special closed meeting of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee also attended by senior figures of the U.S. army on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 4, 2004. Vice Chief of staff of the U.S. Army, General George Casey appeared at the committee which is investigating the events surrounding the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops. The U.S. military has brought charges of assault, cruelty and maltreatment against six soldiers, members of a military police battalion. It has also reprimanded six officers in connection with abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison after photographs were broadcast around the world showing naked Iraqi prisoners stacked in a pyramid or positioned to simulate sex acts. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/JDP 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (R)(D-MA) speaks to the press about the overhaul of U.S. Immigration laws as Senator John McCain (R-AZ) looks on in Washington April 6, 2006. At 74, Edward Kennedy still roars as one of America's leading liberal voices, longest serving U.S. senators and most polarizing political figures. While most people his age are retired, Kennedy shrugs off an achy back and heads toward anticipated re-election in November to an eighth six-year term. Picture taken April 6, 2006. To match feature PEOPLE-KENNEDY REUTERS/Jason Reed 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) (L) and Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-MA) listen during Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's address of a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress in Washington July 26, 2006. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) listens to Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Roberts testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a second day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 13, 2005. Roberts declined to say on Tuesday if he would reverse the long-standing decision legalizing abortion but said he believed the U.S. Constitution accorded Americans the right to privacy, the key underpinning of the landmark ruling. REUTERS/Mannie Garcia MG/LA 

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (L) makes a point to Sen. Edward
Kennedy (D-MA) at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee
about the defense budget on Capitol Hill, February 13, 2003. The
Pentagon announced yesterday that the buildup of its forces in the Gulf
had reached some 130,000 people, up about 20,000 from a week ago.

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque REUTERS 

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg is greeted by her uncle, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) after she addressed the Democratic National Convention at the Staples Center in Los Angeles August 15, 2000. Schlossberg's father and Kennedy's brother, the late president John F. Kennedy, Jr., was nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate during the Democratic convention in Los Angeles in 1960.

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U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy stands on the fantail of a U.S. Coast Guard 41 foot cutter on his way to visit the Navy ship USS Grasp that has reportedly recovered remains of John F. Kennedy Jr off Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts July 21, 1999. Kennedy who lost his nephew John F. Kennedy Jr. in a July 16 plane crash in the waters off Martha's Vineyard was traveling on the cutter with his sons U.S. Representative Patrick Kenedy and his other son Edward Kennedy Jr. REUTERS/Mike Segar

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U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy intorduces Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) at a fundraising campaign rally in Boston, Massachusetts April 13, 2004. REUTERS/Brian Snyder US ELECTION BS 

Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi (R) and U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy smile during a meeting at the Chigi Palace in Rome November 9, 2006. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY) 

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) speaks at naturalization ceremony for 300 new United States citizens onboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy docked in Boston, Massachusetts March 2, 2007. After nearly forty years of service, the USS Kennedy is making its final port visit in Boston before being decommissioned on March 23 in Mayport, Florida. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) (L) speaks to the media after speaking to union members at a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington December 8, 2006. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES) 

U.S Democratic presidential candidate, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry (L), and fellow Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy (R) attend a rally at the McInstry Elementary School in the town of Waterloo, Iowa ahead of next week's presidential caucuses, January 18, 2004. US ELECTION REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell jjm