http://news.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/20090817prez_may_call_on_ailing_ted_k/srvc=home&position=6President Obama may call on ailing Ted Kennedy
By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
Monday, August 17, 2009 - Updated 22h ago
Word from the Cape is that the Secret Service has been down to the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport to prepare for a possible visit from President Obama, who may take a break
from his Martha’s Vineyard vacation to spend some time with the Bay State’s ailing U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy .
The White House and Kennedy’s office wouldn’t comment, but speculation on the Cape is that the prez - who is scheduled to land on The Rock on Aug. 23 - will make time in his holiday
schedule to see his good friend and mentor.
Kennedy appeared frail and failing during his brief public appearances last week after the death of his sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and did not make it to her funeral. So Obama’s
visit will only happen if the senator is up to it, we’re told.
Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in May 2008 and he already has survived the disease longer than doctors had expected. He has spent most of his time in
Hyannisport sailing Nantucket Sound aboard his beloved schooner Mya since his cancer battle began.
Kennedy’s son, U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), told The Associated Press last week that he and his 77-year-old father have spent many hours this summer sitting on the porch
of their seaside home, sharing old stories about family, friends and politics.
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I hope they have good visit and get to just sit together for an hour or so.