Labor Leader Vows To Pursue Health Care Reform On Behalf Of Sen. Kennedy

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney invoked the passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) in a speech Monday on the importance of health care reform. Sweeney said AFL-CIO will organize to honor Kennedy's memory and legacy. (0:46)
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Obama To Pursue Cancer Cure

By Courtney Ann Jackson-Talk Radio News Service

Billy Tauzin, President and CEO of PhRMA, discusses President Obama's announcement about finding a cure for cancer versus President Kennedy's announcement about sending a man to the moon. He noted that the public may be receiving this information differently because in Kennedy's charge, it was just one thing to conquer rather than hundreds. (0:28)
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Senator Kennedy: "We have sickness care and not health care"

At Governor Kathleen Sebelius' nomination hearing for Health Secretary, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), was back chairing his first Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing since suffering from cancer. He looked in high spirits, smiling throughout the hearing. Kennedy said, “Over the past ten months I’ve seen our health care system up close. I’ve benefited from the best of medicine, but we have too many uninsured Americans. We have sickness care and not health care.”

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Emotional Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) discusses Ted Kennedy support

At a "Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act" press conference, California Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) speaks about a letter she received from ailing, famed Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) offering his approval on the bill's passage. (0:52)
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