TPM:
In an acknowledgment of his grave condition, and that health care reform may be on the rocks, the ailing Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) has asked Governor Deval Patrick and Massachusetts' legislative leaders to change the state's election laws to allow Patrick to appoint a temporary replacement to the Senate in the event of Kennedy's death.
"I strongly support that law and the principle that the people should elect their senator,'' Kennedy wrote in a letter to Patrick. "I also believe it is vital for this Commonwealth to have two voices speaking for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election.''
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