Ted Kennedy tribute video.

Tony posts video of Ted Kennedy after his sailing excursion yesterday.

Teddy Kokoros predicts.

Globe: Kennedy's brain tumor surgery deemed a success.

Michele McPhee explains to the Kennedy haters why Ted Kennedy is just that.

Former Herald reporter Ed Cafasso dissects the Kennedy media frenzy of the past few days, and predicts that once every last Hyannisport resident is interviewed about their neighbor that we'll see three more types of stories: the Teddy-as-sinner story, the "What did Kennedy insiders know and when did they know it?" story and the media teeth-gnashing story:

... Reporters interview other reporters and journalism professors to figure out if they went overboard in their coverage. Here's a tip: If you feel compelled to do a story examining whether you should have done all the stories you did, then it's safe to say you should have chosen not to do some of them in the first place. ...

Via Don Martelli.

Lance notes the news stories about our don't-let-Mitt-appoint-anybody senatorial succession law, but wonders why nobody's picked up on another provision in the law that only applies in even-numbered years.

Berryjooks recalls when he was in a terrible out-of-state car accident with no health insurance:

... I ended up in New England Memorial in Stoneham, and within a couple of days the doctors there told my parents that there wasn't anything more they could do for me.

A friend of the family called Ted's office and explained the situation, and that same afternoon the State Police came and escorted me to the New England Baptist Hospital and delivered me into the care of one of the most amazing and talented liver surgeons in the country, Dr. Kenneth Warren. The rest, as they say, is history.

Without Ted's intervention, I wouldn't have made it. Children, grandchildren, none of that would have happened.

And who was I?

Just some constituent. ...

Meanwhile, Cleary Squared remembers when his father was diagnosed with a malignant glioma:

... Radiation, plus the gliomas, effectively scrambled my father's brains, and caused other complications such as hematomas, headaches, and loss of physical coordination. By September 2005, he was wheelchair bound, but still somewhat lucid, and actually looked like he was getting better. However, once the cancer spread to his spine, we knew it would be a matter of time. We planned his funeral in October, thinking he'd survive until at least after Christmas. He died two days before Thanksgiving, after celebrating his 35th wedding anniversary, at the age of 63. ...

Dr. Gwenn advises.

Malignant glioma, treatment consists of radiation and chemotherapy, but outlook is grim.

Statement from Mass. General.

Information on malignant glioma from the National Cancer Institute: "The outlook for patients with malignant gliomas is poor." More from the Journal of the AMA.

Dan Kennedy, however, notes that Arlen Spector has been serving in the Senate since the 1990s despite battling various types of cancer, including a brain tumor.

Photo by Will White.