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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has dropped an astounding line...

Reid: Teddy's death "going to help us"

The Reno Gazette-Journal has a sit-down with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who addresses the Ted Kennedy question in, um, an interesting way.

Q: How will U.S. Sen. (Edward) Kennedy's death affect things?

A: I think it's going to help us. He hasn't been around for some time. We're going to have a new chairman of that committee, it'll be, I don't know for sure, but I think Sen. (Chris) Dodd, (D-Conn.). He has a right to take it. Either him or (U.S. Sen. Tom) Harkin, (D-Iowa), whichever one wants it can have it. I think he (Kennedy) will be a help. He's an inspiration for us. That was the issue of his life and he didn't get it done.

Well, one thing for sure, Mr. Reid, we don't have to worry about Washington's alcohol consumption diminishing. You seem to have picked up Uncle Ted's slack.

What's that you say? You're not drunk just yet, but you did, undistilled, utter a foolheaded line like that?

Harry Reid, Why did you hate Ted Kennedy?

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