Thoughts from last night
Last Fall I unexpectedly found myself standing directly across from Senator John McCain. This was at the height of the Presidential campaign, and this was a full on PR moment. Secret Service, PR people, shaking hands, and fake smiles. I didn’t want to be rude, but I wanted nothing to do with this show, so I stepped back and let him pass.
Thinking back on that moment tonight, after hearing of the death of Senator Ted Kennedy, I realize how different that moment would have been if it were he, instead of McCain. Of course, Kennedy wouldn’t have been a Presidential candidate at that point, so there would have been a lot less pomp and circumstance.
Still, if I had had the opportunity to say hello to, and shake the hand of, Ted Kennedy, it would be a moment that I would hold dear, and always remember.
Politics are strange.
