Love him or hate him. Think him a visionary or a socialist. Classify him as a patriot or a traitor, a hero or scoundrel, Edward Kennedy served his country for nearly his entire life according to the ideals he believed made this country the greatest in the world. He did so while reaching across party lines, working with conservatives and moderates, and realizing that compromise when you are in the minority AND majority is sometimes the way governance has to work.

R.I.P.