replied, well, my dad would be but i am not old enough to read his books at sumaidaie right now is dr. seuss. [laughter] so i thought that was fair. my answer ask me the same question that karla just mentioned about so why the book about the kennedys? .. finale. and, you know, it was nearly a year ago, may 16th, i believe, that ted kennedy was diagnosed with malignant myeloma. he made a triumphant return to the senate seven weeks after brain surgery to stop a threat to medicare, a program his brother, john, had originally proposed. he made a surprise speech at the democratic convention, a very stirring speech he teamed up with his son, patrick, last fall to pass major legislation requiring insurance companies to put mental health coverage and regular health coverage on equal footing. and he called it one of the brightest moments of his career. he announced plans for construction of boston of a center for the study of the senate, which is going to be sort of his own presidential library without ever having been president. it's going to be situated right next to the jfk library. and he started