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Fellow Pols Shaken by Kennedy Diagnosis

Colleagues met news with 'stunned silence'

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted May 20, 2008 2:49 PM CDT

(Newser) – Ted Kennedy's Senate colleagues reacted to news that the lawmaker has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor with "stunned silence," Ben Nelson of Nebraska tells the Hill. "I am having a hard time remembering a day in my 34 years here...   Read full story »

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