Comment: I'm going to go by Thumper's saying, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothin at all". by TJ

Comment: I was the first baby born in portland.That pres kennedy his brother was killed it was 11/23 /1963 at 10.55 in the morn I was born 11/23/1963 at 10.58 in the morn . from Westbrook/ME by Frank

Comment: Remeber Chappaquiddick ! from Lewiston by David

Comment: I hope his last days were painful. The man never once showed remorse and has never publically accepted responsibility for the death of Mary Jo. The Kennedy clan are nothing short of scum. All I can say is good ridens. from Lebanon, ME by Bryan

Comment: To Whom It May Concern: Senator Ted Kennedy was known as “The Lion of the Senate” by most, including republicans in the house and senate. Only recently have some labeled him the “Liberal Lion,” and most of those who use that term are extremists – to the far, far right. Oren Hatch called Sen. Kennedy “The Lion of the Senate” in our presence, and never the “Liberal Lion.” Despite the fact that he was a child of privilege, he made it his passion to advocate for all Americans – regardless of their socioeconomic status. He was especially zealous in his fight for human rights, and the right to affordable, high quality health care for all citizens. Senator Kennedy fervently believed to whom much is given, much is required. So, please, if you are going to use his nick-name, use the one that honors his life’s work – refer to Senator Kennedy by his justifiably earned moniker: “The Lion of the Senate.” Thank you, S. Tiffany Brendt Louis Aubuchont Dorothy Reis R. Dean Luttrell from Parsonsfield, ME by Este

Comment: A great American, whose concern for the little guy is unsurpassed. from Auburn by Dan

Comment: Mary Jo - how quickly we forget from Windham by R

Comment: I remember him and his wife coming to Monument Square in the President race Senator Kerry was in. I was holding a sign asking for health care for Native Americans. When the speechs were done, him and his wife walked across the stage and bent down and shook my hand. The senator then said he was voting for Native American health care. from Peaks Island Maine by Margo

Comment: I remember where I was the day JFK died, as well as where I was when Bobby died, then John Jr. and now Ted. Seems this brings all of this full circle. What sad but great memories of such an outstanding family. I'm glad to have lived in this period of time so that I could know what Ted and his whole family wanted for all of us in this great nation. from Farmington, Maine by Lois

Comment: I am sad that he is dead.

Comment: I feel one of the voices for the people was silenced with his passing but the emotion he stirred within each of us will continue to burn until we do what we believe is right for all Americans. As to any past wrongs who are any of us to judge. We are all forgiven if only we ask. from Old Orchard Beach by Kate

Comment: Ted Kennedy certainly was no saint.I remember him as the person that was instrumental in the death of Maryjo Kopechne and tried to cover it up ,by taking so long to report the incident. I had the utmost respect for John and Robert Kennedy. I stood at attention at the capitol rotunda when John was carried up the stairs for public viewing in 1963. Ted Kennedy lived on their coatails. from Hallowell by Larry

Comment: Unlike most of your viewers I don't think too highly of Senator Kennedy. While I wished him no harm, I believe his legacy speaks for itself and it's not a very good one. He received more from the taxpayers than he gave in return. (PS: I know you won't comment on this one but at least someone had to read it and that's all I care about, and he certainly was not a statesman; most of the time he was just another drunken politician, and your coverage of his death was way too much. from Auburn by Roland

Comment: One of my many favorite memories of Senator Kennedy was during the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. When others were moving towards the cameras he walked over to those of us who had worked so long with him on the ADA and thanked us for our commitment to community service and told us that this was only the beginning of our long fight for social and political equality. The next day when I was making my rounds to thank congress members for their support, I ran into Senator Kennedy in the hallway. He stopped and asked why I was still there when most folks were off to victory parties. I explained I was thanking staff and members and he said, "Now that is a good Irish Girl, Kathy! That is great, but we should not expect thanks for doing what is morally right, community service must be a way of life for us all, each in our own way." But then he asked, "What do you think is our next big civil rights battle?“ I said, it was clearly the right to equal healthcare. He smiled and said, “I know that you know that I feel that is important, but you tell me, why you feel it is important to you? “ He spent the next 20 minutes sitting on a bench listening and taking notes on my personal discriminatory horror stories of no health coverage because of a childhood disability, being denied employment related insurance due to a “pre-existing disability”, of paying three times what my friends paid for health insurance, and on and on. He asked many questions, what companies denied me, what did they say, etc. and then he said, “Why do you think that most people do not see access to healthcare as a civil right? “ I said, maybe it was because they already had health coverage. He said, “Yes, but also it is because, not enough of us have demanded it and because they (insurance companies, etc.) scare and mislead people. Healthcare is a right, a freedom often overlooked by those that take their health for granted, remind those you visit today that our next battle must be affordable healthcare for all. It cannot hurt to let them know that we will never give up until we win that right for all Americans.” With that he took my hand and thanked me for spending so much time with him. I said, it was an honor and he said, “No need or time for flattery, young lady get back to work, healthcare is one of our next victories just waiting for us to make it happen!” He laughed and walked away. We need to make healthcare for all happen, now! Not for him but because as he would say it is our duty and the morally right thing to do and only we can make it happen! from Saco, Maine by Kathy

Comment: He will always be in my wife and I's heart. It was he who arranged to get me home from the military to be at my wedding, in Massachusetts, at the last moment. Also, it was his seats that my wife, myself and a couple from Maine got to use at Fenway Park, behind the catcher, and saw Mickey Mantle in his last at bat at Fenway and most likely his last at bat in baseball. My father-in-law knew Senator Jake Rurak who was close to Senator Ted Kennedy. I never did gett a chance to thank the Senator. from Lisbon Falls, ME by Gary

Comment: Today we have lost a leader. Today we mourn the giant who fought for the rights of the people in the toughest arena in the world. Today we remember Sen. Ted Kennedy. Tommorrow we continue his fight. from biddeford,me by william

Comment: When it did come to leadership,Sen. Ted Kennedy didn't just raise the bar,He was the bar,with tiny rockets on it that raised itself when there was a time we so needed a hero! He did believed in this country. He did what was right,like his brother Robert Kennedy did. Now,his work is done,and we are lost without him. RIP,Ted. We will miss you dearly. from Waterville,Maine by Gary

Comment: If he had bewen anyone but a Kennedy, he would have spent that beter part of the last 50 years in jail for his total disregard for the life of Mary Jo. I am sorry for his family and the loss that they must feel but, in my opinion, he was a man who gave no regard to the life of the woman (Mary Jo) suffering in that submurged car while he worried more about his own hide. He calls his actions inexcusable. I call them criminal. He says he was lost on an island with one road that he had driven possibly hundreds if not thousands of times. Come on, are we really to believe that? Then, years later we get to watch him sit on congressional panels, looking down his alcohol soaked nose at others and listen to him admonish them for their actions. I would have to turn off the TV. It made me ashamed. from Waldoboro, Maine 04572 by Dianna

Comment: How soon we forget, this man was never properly charged with manslaughter only because he was a Kennedy... God forbid we charge the Kennedy's with any wrong doing!!! Wake up America and see him for what he truly was. by al

Comment: I remember Ted Kennedy as the man who murdered Mary Jo & left her there while he walked free. Chappaquiddick will remain in our minds forever by jennifer

Comment: I feel that we have suffered a terrible loss with the Senator's demise. He championed and was hero in the cause of the poor, the average, and the unfortunate minorities in this country - all of which need protection. A great example is with health care reform. In the so-called richest country in the world, it is inexcusable that tens of millions of people have no health-care whatsoever. Thanks to that the US is dead last or nearly last of all developed countries when it comes to infant mortality, life expectancy, poverty rates, etc. This should never be and yet those who try to help the country are accused of being unpatriotic! Besides, since when is it unpatriotic to try to better the country? Also didn't Christ Himself say "Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me"? Yet so many holier-than-thou turn away from the unfortunate or trample them down!! from Augusta by Lloyd

Comment: I remember Sen Kennedy as the one man in the US Senate that could get things done from Limerick, Maine by Terrence

Comment: iam celebrating that this rabidly guncontrol,taxing freak wont be pushing around us peasants no more..finally a end to a crooked dynasty from bath,maine by red

Comment: A drunk he made a mock of being one of the senator's on the seat. I rememeber.... Him being sooo drunk on at his his seat ( They could not belivie it.)I couldn't understand him(Sentor Edward M. Kennedy)He should not be compard to Jack Kennedy. from Old Orchard Beach ME. by Terri

Comment: Let's see: as someone who was expelled from Harvard; who drove off a bridge with a young lady in the car and went home and waited 10 hours before telling anyone; as someone who inherited a fortune but never generated his own. from Durham by Lew