U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry (C) talk with U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) outside the funeral services for U.S Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts August 29, 2009. Senator Kennedy died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry (C) talk with U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) outside the funeral services for U.S Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts August 29, 2009. Senator Kennedy died Tuesday after a battle with cancer.

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  2. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 09: Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), waits for U.S. President Barack Obama to arrive for a joint session of the U.S. Congress at the U.S. Capitol September 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama was scheduled to address the joint session to urge passage of his national health care plan, the centerpiece of his domestic agenda.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 25: (L-R) Edward Kennedy Jr., Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Kara Kennedy, Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA), Gail Kirk and Vice President Joseph Biden gather for a photo during a mock swearing-in ceremony at the US Capitol building on September 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senator Kirk, will fill the Senate seat of Sen. Ted Kennedy who died on August 25 of brain cancer.
  4. Late Senator Edward Kennedy's widow Victoria and son Ted Kennedy Jr. listen during a news conference to introduce former Democratic National Committee chairman Paul Kirk Jr. as the interim U.S. Senate appointee in Boston, Massachusetts September 24, 2009. Kirk will be the interim Senate appointee filling the seat vacated by the late Senator Edward Kennedy.
  5. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy's widow, Victoria, center, and his son Ted Jr. listen with Gail Kirk, at left, during a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 where it was announced that former Democratic Party chairman Paul G. Kirk Jr. will temporarily fill the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat.
  6. Education specialist Esther Kohn gestures towards a photograph taken in 1938 of the Kennedy family on display at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts December 3, 2009. The family members are: (L-R) Eunice, John, Rosemary, Jean, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Edward, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Patricia, Robert and Kathleen. Four Democratic hopefuls are vying to fill the shoes of the late U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, such beloved shoes that many voters can't imagine anyone filling them.
  7. Visitors point out former U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy in a family photograph taken in 1938 on display at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts December 3, 2009. Four Democratic hopefuls are vying to fill the shoes of the late U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, such beloved shoes that many voters can't imagine anyone filling them.
  8. Education specialist Esther Kohn gestures towards a photograph taken in 1938 of the Kennedy family on display at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts December 3, 2009. The family members are: (L-R) Eunice, John, Rosemary, Jean, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Edward, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Patricia, Robert and Kathleen. Four Democratic hopefuls are vying to fill the shoes of the late U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, such beloved shoes that many voters can't imagine anyone filling them.

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