{"id":771,"date":"2009-08-26T12:42:02","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T12:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/08\/the-third-kennedy-brother-best-memorial-so-far-by-joe-biden.html"},"modified":"2009-08-26T12:42:02","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T12:42:02","slug":"the-third-kennedy-brother-best-memorial-so-far-by-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/08\/the-third-kennedy-brother-best-memorial-so-far-by-joe-biden.html","title":{"rendered":"The Third Kennedy Brother: Best Memorial (So Far) by Joe Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/washington\/2009\/08\/biden-tears-in-his-eyes-says-ted-kennedy-made-us-bigger.html\">Joe Biden crying <\/a>while speaking of the third and last of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/politics\/article\/0,8599,1918773,00.html?iid=tsmodule\">Kennedy Brothers<\/a>. My favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/thephoenix.com\/BLOGS\/phlog\/archive\/2009\/08\/26\/ted-kennedy-memorial-events-today-in-boston.aspx\">memorial<\/a> thoughts so far. I do hope they follow <a href=\"http:\/\/byrd.senate.gov\/\">Robert Byrd<\/a>&#8216;s advice and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/sns-dc-obama-healthcare,0,1929771.story\">name the health care bill after Kennedy<\/a>, complete with a strong <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/mike-elk\/on-the-death-of-my-older_b_268990.html\">public option.<\/a><br \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f8\/1155201977\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashvars=\"videoId=35410342001&amp;playerId=1155201977&amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https:\/\/console.brightcove.com\/services\/amfgateway&amp;servicesURL=http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services&amp;cdnURL=http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com&amp;domain=embed&amp;autoStart=false&amp;\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" swliveconnect=\"true\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" height=\"412\" width=\"486\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Joe Biden crying while speaking of the third and last of the Kennedy Brothers. My favorite memorial thoughts so far. 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