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Resting Kennedy Awaits Test Results

Posted May 19, 08 5:47 CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Ted Kennedy rested in the hospital yesterday as he awaited test results—expected today at soonest—to shed light on his seizure Saturday, the Boston Globe reports. The Massachusetts senator watched the Red Sox game and movies and received visits from family, as well as a call from Barack Obama. “He sounded like the Ted Kennedy we know and love,” Obama told reporters.

"I'm just thrilled that he is back on the mend and I suspect will be on the floor of the Senate immediately," Obama said. "There's not a better senator or better friend or better supporter than Ted Kennedy."

Sources Boston Globe, Associated Press

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Sen Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., greets Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as he arrives at Newark International Airport for a rally in East Rutherford, N.J., Feb. 4, 2008.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., left, speaks in praise of British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a reception on the peace process in Northern Ireland, at the British Embassy in Washington, May 17, 2007.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) speaks at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, while campaigning for Barack Obama.   (AP Photo/Toby Jorrin)
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