Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MS) is continuing to fight for national health care reform while battling brain cancer.
Steve Brusk of CNN reported today that the “ailing senator” has spoken to President Obama twice in the last two weeks about health care legislation.
A Los Angeles Times story published yesterday states that Kennedy’s wife prepares a packet of news clips for him every morning at their house in Cape Cod. “If there’s a hearing going on in Washington, he watches on his computer,” the article continues.
The LA Times piece also notes that Kennedy has been advising his aides in D.C. via phone on health care reform issues, and, perhaps more importantly, includes this anecdote about his continuing commitment to what the Massachusetts senator calls the “cause of his life”:
Democratic leaders plan to bring him back to the Senate floor later this year in a wheelchair, or a bed if necessary, to cast his vote for healthcare reform.
Kennedy has also taken his battle to the pages of Newsweek, where in the most recent issue he details his legislative and personal health care issues from 1964 to the present.
Kennedy was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2008.
