Noonan strikes again...

Peggy Noonan, for those of you who don't know, is one of my favorite writers. She was also a speech writer for Reagan. She penned the following after the death of Senator Kennedy (I know, it's been a while, but the internet here is slow, so cut me some slack). I enjoyed it very much, but mostly I was caught by the last paragraph, the way in our current political climate, it seems almost unimaginable now that the level of civility, friendship and genuine caring for one another across party lines was not just acceptable, but the norm. Can anyone else even imagine a scene like this taking place today?

Read here.