Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy, of the Kennedy Kennedys, passed away late last night after a long battle with brain cancer — nobody knows where Zeke Emanuel was at the time of death, or maybe they're just not saying — and now, the tributes and condolences are pouring in…

"An important chapter in our history has come to an end," President Obama said in a statement. "Our country has lost a great leader, who picked up the torch of his fallen brothers and became the greatest United States senator of our time."

(This guy just cannot pass up a chance to take a shot at Biden.)

Anyhow, for the rest of today everyone, even Republicans, will be talking about how much they respected Senator Kennedy's 46 years of leadership on important issues, for example health care reform, which Kennedy called "the cause of my life."

And then tomorrow they will get right back to the important work that still needs to be done, like stopping health care reform by any means necessary.