Few are willing to even discuss succession

Massachusetts' political moorings suddenly began to slip yesterday as state leaders contemplated life with an ailing Senator Edward M. Kennedy, but their expressions of shock, worry, and disbelief were overlaid above all with a sense of hope and determination. (Full article: 753 words)

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