Lott remembers Kennedy as ‘charming’
Former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott opposed many of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s initiatives when the two were powerful forces on opposite sides of Washington’s political spectrum, but after Kennedy’s death late Tuesday, Lott called him a master of compromise who would be sorely missed on Capitol Hill.
The 77-year-old Massachusetts lawmaker and Democratic Party heavyweight died from brain cancer late Tuesday night. He will be buried Saturday at Arlington National Cemetery near his brothers, President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963, and Robert Kennedy, who was assassinated on the campaign trail in 1968, during his bid for the Democratic nomination for president.
“Kennedy, unlike his image of the ‘Lion of the Senate’ was personally very charming,” Lott told the Sun Herald Wednesday. “He was a very good legislator because he knew the art of compromise and he knew how to work the system and how to get bipartisan support. That is a talent that is sorely missing in the Senate now.”
Sun-Herald
8/27/9
Magnolia Tribune
