Funny Teddy anecdote from Patrick Leahy:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/rememberkennedy/2009/08/if-a-kennedy-says-it-its-a-fac.php

After Pope John Paul II died, a delegation of us went over -- a group of all the Catholic senators. Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd, myself. The majority leader, Bill Frist, was also there because he was thinking about running for president at the time.

We stopped over in Dublin. There was a reception. They love the Kennedys there. They served all this food. We were drinking Irish coffee.

Ted started talking about Irish history. He'd say, "That was March of 1605.... That happened in 1850." There was guy waiting on us, and Kennedy kept looking at him after he said these things. And he'd say, "Tis correct. Tis exactly correct. It is surely remarkable how well you know your Irish history, Senator Kennedy."

Finally, I looked at him and said, "Why do you keep agreeing with him? He's making this stuff up. He has no idea what he's talking about."

He says to me, "Senator, if a Kennedy says it, it's a fact."



At the link, there are links to a ton of other first-person stories about the late, great Teddy K. Republicans and Democrats alike. Many worth reading.

This made me smile.

there's a lot of other stories at the link. Some other really good ones.