BOSTON - AUGUST 28: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (R) and his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry (L) leave the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum after paying respects to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) who is lying in repose at the library August 28, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. 21,000 people walked through the library yesterday and officials began letting people in 20 minutes early this morning. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

BOSTON - AUGUST 28: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (R) and his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry (L) leave the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum after paying respects to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) who is lying in repose at the library August 28, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. 21,000 people walked through the library yesterday and officials began letting people in 20 minutes early this morning.

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  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, fourth from left, poses with other candidates and democratic officals at a Democratic party unity event in Boston, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, from left, Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, Gov. Deval Patrick, Speaker Robert DeLeo, former candidate, Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca, Senate president Therese Murray, former candidate City Year founder Alan Khazei, and U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass, the morning after Coakley won the Democratic primary for the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.
  6. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, second from left, speaks at the unity event Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, the morning after Coakley won the Democratic primary for the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., beating fellow hopefuls, from left Boston Celtics Co-owner Stephen Pagliuca, City Year founder Alan Khazei, and U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass.
  7. BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Interim Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) speaks at a press conference on September 24, 2009 at the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Kirk, the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, will take over Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat that was left vacated from his passing on August 25.
  8. BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Victoria (L) and Ted Kennedy Jr. listen as Interim Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) speaks at a press conference on September 24, 2009 at the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Kirk, the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, will take over Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat that was left vacated from his passing on August 25.
  9. BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Interim Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) speaks at a press conference on September 24, 2009 at the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Kirk, the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, will take over Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat that was left vacated from his passing on August 25.
  10. US Senator John Kerry (D-MA) makes remarks during the executive session on the revised health-care reform on September 22, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  11. FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 file photo, from left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen John Kerry D-Mass., take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Lieberman strongly rebutted charges Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 that he flip-flopped to oppose the expansion of Medicare as part of health care legislation, as Democratic leaders struggled to get President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative on track for passage by Christmas.
  12. Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., center, talks to committee chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, during the committee's hearing on Afghanistan. At left is Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.

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