He advocates a Medicare-for-all system, which would have made what he did for himself impossible for the average patient:

The meeting on May 30 was extraordinary in at least two ways.

One was the ability of a powerful patient “” in this case, a scion of a legendary political family and the chairman of the Senate’s health committee “” to summon noted consultants to learn about the latest therapy and research findings.

The second was his efficiency in quickly convening more than a dozen experts from at least six academic centers. Some flew to Boston. Others participated by telephone after receiving pertinent test results and other medical records.

The United States is the one of the few countries in the world where Ted Kennedy could have received such superlative specialist care. I hope those on the left recognize that, and give some credit where it’s due.