Ted Kennedy's concern for young girls

One of the mysteries—for me anyway—of Massachusetts politics is, why would seemingly intelligent Massachusettsans keep on electing Ted Kennedy to the Senate, and, for that matter, a certain haughty, French-looking Democrat, who by the way served in Vietnam.

This article from National Review Online shows how low Sen. Kennedy is willing to go to exploit a case involving a search on a 10-year-old girl in order to bring down Judge Alito. All that mattered to him was the “scar” that would be with the girl for life, the facts (warranted search involving a drug dealer) behind the case mattering little or not at all.

Sen. Kennedy has become quite compassionate lately. I didn’t remember him raising his concerns when Elian was forcibly taken by FBI agents under the order of Janet Reno. And, as James Taranto would say, Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.