Changes

==Chappaquiddick Scandal==  

==Chappaquiddick Scandal==  

On July 18, 1969, and close to midnight, Senator Kennedy drove away from a party on the island of Martha's Vineyard with an attractive young woman named Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, a former aide to his brother Robert. In what he later described as an accident, Kennedy made an unusual turn onto an unlit dirt road and then across a small, unrailed wooden bridge connecting [[Chappaquiddick]] Island to Martha's Vineyard. The car went off the bridge and landed upside down in the water, where Kopechne then drowned.<ref>Richard Lacayo; ''Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009: The Brother Who Mattered Most', Time Inc.  (Aug. 26, 2009)</ref> Kennedy did not report the incident to the police until the next morning, and his statement then was implausible to many Americans.

On July 18, 1969, and close to midnight, Senator Kennedy drove away from a party on the island of Martha's Vineyard with an attractive young woman named Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, a former aide to his brother Robert. In what he later described as an accident, Kennedy made an unusual turn onto an unlit dirt road and then across a small, unrailed wooden bridge connecting [[Chappaquiddick]] Island to Martha's Vineyard. The car went off the bridge and landed upside down in the water, where Kopechne then drowned.<ref>Richard Lacayo; ''Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009: The Brother Who Mattered Most', Time Inc.  (Aug. 26, 2009)</ref> Kennedy did not report the incident to the police until the next morning, and his statement then was implausible to many Americans.

==U.S. Senate==  

==U.S. Senate==  

Kennedy gained a reputation as a very [[liberal]] Senator, even further to the left than most Democrats. He had a [[pro-choice]] voting record.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Social/Ted_Kennedy_Abortion.htm</ref> He voted against confirming [[Samuel Alito]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] and was in the minority of his own party to vote against confirming [[John Roberts]] to the Court. On [[immigration]] Kennedy had been a strong supporter of amnesty for [[illegal aliens]].<ref>http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/1/25/131758.shtml</ref> He voted against the war in [[Iraq]]<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8I0G3JG0&show_article=1</ref> and Kennedy was one only five senators who had publicly announced support for same-sex marriage <ref>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/05/06/democrats_platform_shouldnt_back_gay_marriage_kerry_says/</ref>.

Kennedy gained a reputation as a very [[liberal]] Senator, even further to the left than most Democrats. He had a [[pro-choice]] voting record.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Social/Ted_Kennedy_Abortion.htm</ref> He voted against confirming [[Samuel Alito]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] and was in the minority of his own party to vote against confirming [[John Roberts]] to the Court. On [[immigration]] Kennedy had been a strong supporter of amnesty for [[illegal aliens]].<ref>http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/1/25/131758.shtml</ref> He voted against the war in [[Iraq]]<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8I0G3JG0&show_article=1</ref> and Kennedy was one only five senators who had publicly announced support for same-sex marriage <ref>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/05/06/democrats_platform_shouldnt_back_gay_marriage_kerry_says/</ref>.

''The funeral will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston's Mission Hill section.'' <ref> [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.funeral/index.html?eref=rss_politics&iref=polticker Ted Kennedy's funeral planned at Boston church.] </ref> The senator's burial will be held at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Virginia]].

''The funeral will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston's Mission Hill section.'' <ref> [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.funeral/index.html?eref=rss_politics&iref=polticker Ted Kennedy's funeral planned at Boston church.] </ref> The senator's burial will be held at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Virginia]].

==References==

==References==