Breaking News: Sen. Edward Kennedy Dies

A fantastic public servant finally succumbs to brain cancer. I'm not going to be tasteless by wondering what this means for the one issue he had an overriding concern for throughout his career: health care. That's an issue for another time and another place. For now, let us just say that the U.S. government is poorer without him.

Here he is pictured with two of his brothers, John and Robert, both assassinated in the 1960s.

Photo credit: ABC News.