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Kennedy Delays Senate Return

Liberal lion needs more recovery time before final health care push

By Gabriel Winant,  Newser User

Posted Sep 8, 2008 7:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – Ted Kennedy, still recuperating from cancer surgery, is postponing his return to the Senate until January, reports the Washington Post. Kennedy is undergoing radiation and chemotherapy, aides said. He has has only appeared publicly twice since surgery for a malignant brain tumor—to endorse Barack Obama at the Democratic Convention, and to vote on a key Medicare issue. 

Kennedy
hopes to be back in the Capitol in January to lead the effort for a national health insurance bill under an Obama administration, aides said.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., kisses his wife Victoria Reggie at the end of his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., kisses his wife Victoria Reggie at the end of his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens as President Bush, not pictured, speaks about immigration reform at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Friday, June 15, 2007.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens as President Bush, not pictured, speaks about immigration reform at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Friday, June 15, 2007.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., acknowledges the crowd after addressing  the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., acknowledges the crowd after addressing the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.   (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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