Ted Kennedy

It's a day to be sad.

Sad for the Kennedy family, which lost its "rock." Sad for the Senate, which lost its best legislator. Sad for the Democratic Party, which lost its most principled leader.

But most importantly, sad for America, which lost one of its most intelligent, kind and generous men.

Sen. Harry Reid said it beautifully: "The liberal lion's mighty roar may now fall silent, but his dream shall never die."

Ted Kennedy, we miss you already.

From the Boston Globe:

Doctors believe that Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts suffered a seizure at his home in Hyannis Port this morning, then a second seizure as he was being transported by helicopter from Cape Cod Hospital to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, according to an official briefed on the situation.

His condition was unclear early this afternoon, as a special police security detail gathered at Mass. General. Kennedy family members were called this morning and told to rush to Boston, according to sources.