Via my friend Anne Hill and Talking Points Memo, I share a very moving memory of Ted Kennedy.

In all the eulogizing today, I’ve seen a lot of tributes and several comments about Chappaquiddick, plenty about his public service and more than enough about how he murdered/was responsible for the death of Mary Jo Kopechne and should never be forgiven.

I say Ted Kennedy was a complicated and flawed human being, just like everyone else. It’s always struck me that, whatever he may have to answer for and to whomever, he did the best he could with his life to help people. That’s some redemption in my book.