Last week, Senator Ted Kennedy made a dramatic
appearance in the U.S. Senate, his first since beginning
cancer treatments. He was there to cast the deciding
vote on a bill to prevent Medicare cuts in fees to doctors,
which would have thrown the system into chaos. It was
the first victory on health care in a long time, an encouraging
sign for universal health care next year, and Kennedy's presence--
and his longtime advocacy on this issue--changed some Republican
votes. Of course, Senator Obama voted with Kennedy. The only
Senator not present to vote that day: John McCain.
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