He was shouting himself hoarse in support of a measure from Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, that would end the war in Afghanistan. Kennedy, son of Ted, has announced his retirement at the end of the current term. Here's Pat going off on the press. I think he means "fed up" or "fit to be tied" -- but he just says "fit." Chandler's Watch reports that Kennedy got fired up when a Republican lawmaker said that ending the war would send a message of surrender to the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan last year. “Someone — I can’t believe I even heard this — said, ‘Oh, I can’t go to a funeral and tell the parents of someone who just died that they lost their child in vain,’” Kennedy shouted with his eyes closed.
“Somewhere I heard that during the Vietnam War,” he yelled. “So what is it we got to do? We got to double down on a bad policy to protect the honor of those who have already died? I don’t think so.”
“There isn’t a solider in this country who’s laid down their lives for our nation that isn’t a hero. And no one in here disagrees with that. What is shameful is our policy that puts them in harm’s way when they don’t need to be.”
