Let us mourn Robert Schindler, Sr., the father of Terri Schindler Schiavo. Not a politically connected man, Schindler (unlike Ted Kennedy)was on the front lines defending life - even to the end.
What would Mary Jo Kopechne say about the apotheosis of Ted Kennedy? Would she think drowning in a car at Chappaquiddick seem worth it?
"My sympathies to the Schindler family. They have been through an incredibly difficult situation and suffered great injustice in the death of Terri. May the Lord comfort them at this time.
Ted Kennedy certainly had his issues, and I was often angered by his behavior. ..."