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Taking on Teddy's Cause

One American political dynasty has passed the torch to another. Margaret Carlson on how West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller is assuming Ted Kennedy's health-care mantle.

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Senator John D. Rockefeller hardly looks like the person who would fill part of the void left by the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. At 6-foot-6, thin as a pinstripe, and absent the gene that races for a camera, Rockefeller has, nonetheless, become the member of Congress as passionate about...

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