article_snippet: Obama said Monday that American politicians in an era of partisanship should try to carry American politicians in an era of partisanship more like Kennedy.
article_snippet: As politicians from both political parties lauded the late Massachusetts senator's collegial spirit at the dedication of an institute that bears the late Massachusetts senator name, Obama said it was appropriate for Kennedy to want 'a monument not to the late Massachusetts senator but to what we the people have the power to do together.'
article_snippet: What if we carried we more like former U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy?'
article_snippet: Obama asked during former U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy speech. 
article_snippet: Obama praised Kennedy for looking for 'common ground' with Kennedy Republican colleagues .
article_snippet: Obama praised former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy on Monday for looking for 'common ground' with former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy Republican colleagues, including Senator John McCain of Arizona, who was on hand Monday for the event.
article_snippet: that led Ted and John McCain to work on a Patient’s Bill of Rights, and to work to forge a smarter, more just immigration system,' Obama said. '
article_snippet: John McCain remembered former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy's 'zest for political argument' and said they would often laugh together after fighting on the Senate floor.
article_snippet: John McCain said Senate hasn't been the same without former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy. '
article_snippet: That's mostly for reasons unrelated to losing Ted, but I have no doubt the place would be a little more productive and a lot more fun if John McCain were there,' John McCain added.
article_snippet: John McCain, the senator for Arizona, was among the distinguished speakers, remembering former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedyzest for political argument' and said John McCain, the senator for Arizona would often laugh together after fighting on the Senate floor the Senate floor .
article_snippet: But just think how different things would be now if we passed immigration reform in 2007,' former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy added to applause.
highlights_snippet: Politicians from both political parties lauded the late Massachusetts senator's collegial spirit at the dedication of an institute bearing Kennedy name .
  