“IT WAS REALLY NO DIFFERENT THAN THE CURRENT PROPOSALS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION – BOTH CASES REALLY JUST INVOLVE THE DECISION TO DISCONTINUE EXTRAORDINARY TREATMENT.”

Crooks & Liars with the latest Cheney B.S. on the CIA probe, and the responses of John McCain and George Will.

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin: Kennedy Memorial Service Lays out the Contrast Between Dems and GOP: Service to the Nation or Service to the Self.

Dan Kurtzman with Political Cartoons of the Week.

“THIS JERK GOES ON, MY FLAWS ENDURE, MY INNER DOPE STILL LIVES, AND MY IGNORANT SCHEME WILL NEVER DIE.”

Huffington Post on Huckabee’s latest “shmuckabee.”

Michael Winship at BuzzFlash: Even Camelot Needed Health Care: Universal Healthcare.

“THE PARALLELS ARE EERIE – MRS. KENNEDY SUPPOSEDLY WARNED LINCOLN NOT TO GO THE THEATER; THESE DAYS, REPUBLICANS URGE OUR NUTJOB BASE TO ENGAGE IN KABUKI THEATER.”

“YOU THINK THE TIMING WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE? HEAVEN, HELL OR PURGATORY, I’LL FOLLOW A KENNEDY WHEREVER I HAVE TO … IN ORDER TO GET A GOOD STORY.”

“THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE LEGACY OF SUCH A MONUMENTAL FIGURE IS PROPERLY HONORED IS TO LEAVE HIS SEAT PERMANENTLY VACANT … WHICH MIGHT BE A GOOD PRECEDENT FOR ALL DEMOCRATS WHO LEAVE THIS HALLOWED CHAMBER.”

Tributes to Senator Kennedy by P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash: May Edward Kennedy’s legacy inspire the young; and Robert Reich.