Ted decided to endorse after Iowa--here's the link

[anamandujano]

It's getting lost and ignored in another thread.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/us/politics/28kennedy.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

Before the Iowa caucuses, Mr. Kennedy had planned to stay out of the race, largely because he had so many friends in the contest, chiefly Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut. He also said he was waiting for one of the candidates to spark a movement.

“I want to see who out there is going to be able to inspire not only our party, but others, because I think we’re going to need the inspiration in order to bring a change in American foreign policy and domestic policy,” Mr. Kennedy said last year on ABC News’s “This Week.”

After Mr. Obama won the Iowa caucuses, associates to both men said, Mr. Kennedy concluded that Mr. Obama had transcended racial lines and the historical divisions the Kennedy family had worked to tear down. Mr. Kennedy was also impressed at how Mr. Obama was not defined as a black candidate, but seen as a transformational figure.

It was then, associates said, that Mr. Kennedy began talking with his children, nieces and nephews, including Caroline Kennedy, who had reached her own judgment some time ago independently of her uncle. They then agreed last week to move ahead with their endorsements, coordinating their decision before the Feb. 5 contests

[ursi]

1. makes sense

[anamandujano]

2. the point is

Even if Ted chastised Bill Clinton about the Jesse Jackson comment, his endorsement did not stem from any argument they may have had, as many here and the MSM are trying to spin. It actually is beginning to look like Ted wanted Bill to back off so he wouldn't hurt his chosen candidate.

He had already decided.