<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: UMengameli uBarack Obama uthe ngoMsombuluko ukuthi osopolitiki baseMelika esikhathini sokukhetha izinhlangothi kufanele bazame ukuziphatha njengo-Edward M. Kennedy. Njengoba osopolitiki abavela kuwo womabili amaqembu ezombangazwe babedumisa umoya wokusebenzisana kosenethi waseMassachusetts ongasekho lapho kunikezelwa isikhungo esibizwa ngegama lakhe, u-Obama wathi kwakufaneleka ukuba uKennedy afune isikhumbuzo hhayi sakhe kodwa salokho thina bantu esinamandla okukwenza ndawonye. Lesi sikhungo esibiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-79, esakhiwe eduze komtapo wezincwadi kaMongameli uJohn F. Kennedy eColumbia Point eBoston, sacatshangwa nguKennedy ngaphambi kokuba kutholakale ukuthi unomdlavuza wobuchopho ngo-2008. Washona ngonyaka olandelayo. Skrolela phansi ukuze ubone ividiyo. UMengameli uBarack Obama, kwesokudla, ugona uVictoria Reggie Kennedy, umfelokazi kaMengameli waseMelika uTed Kennedy njengoba ethula u-Obama emcimbini wokunikezela i-Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, eBoston, eMassachusetts. Kuthiwani uma siziphatha njengoTed Kennedy? U-Obama wancoma uKennedy ngokufuna indawo evamile nozakwabo abangamaRiphabhulikhi. U-Obama uxhawulana noTrent Lott waseMississippi, owayengumholi weningi eSenate, njengoba uSenator waseConnecticut uTed Kennedy Jr., ebuka ngesikhathi kuvulwa isikhungo esibiza izigidi ezingu- 79 esiseceleni komtapo wezincwadi kamongameli womfowabo kaKennedy, ongasekho uJohn F. Kennedy. Ukusuka kwesobunxele, uLott, uMbusi waseMassachusetts uCharlie Baker, uKennedy, unkosikazi wokuqala uMichelle Obama, umongameli, uSenator Elizabeth Warren waseMassachusetts noSenator Edward Markey waseMassachusetts. UJean Kennedy, maphakathi, uhanjelwe yiPhini likaMongameli uJoe Biden, ngakwesobunxele, kanye nowayengummeli waseRhode Island uPatrick Kennedy. UBiden naye wakhuluma emcimbini, waphawula ukuthi uKennedy wangiphatha njengomfowabo omncane Umongameli uthe namuhla uthemba ukuthi isikhungo singasiza ekubuyiseleni ukwethenjwa kuhulumeni ngesikhathi sokungaqiniseki okukhulu, sinikeze umfundi osemusha ithuba lokuphikisana emfanekisweni wawo ogcwele weNdlu Yezigele. Kuthiwani uma siziphatha njengoTed Kennedy?...  <response>: UKennedy washona ngo - 2009 ngemva kokulwa nomdlavuza wobuchopho. Abezombangazwe abavela kuwo womabili amaqembu ezombangazwe badumisa umoya wokusebenzisana kosenethi waseMassachusetts ongasekho ekunikezelweni kwesikhungo esibizwa ngegama lakhe. Yakhiwa eduze nomtapo wezincwadi kaMongameli uJohn F. Kennedy eBoston, yacatshangwa nguKennedy ngaphambi kokuba atholakale enesifo. Akekho owenza iSenate iphile njengoTed Kennedy, kusho u-Obama; wakhonza ekamelweni eliphezulu noKennedy iminyaka emithathu nengxenye. U-Kennedy wasekela u-Obama ukuba abe yiHhovisi lika-Oval ngo-2008 ngaphezu kwesinye isishoshovu uHillary Clinton waseNew York, wamqhathanisa noJohn F. Kennedy. Eyaziwa ngokuthi iNgonyama yeSigele, uTed Kennedy wabamba isikhundla sakhe njengelungu leSigele sase - U.S. cishe iminyaka engu - 50. 