Sometimes Repubs Do the Right thing...Jim Ramstad & Patrick Kennedy

[SaveElmer]

Congressman from my former district...still want him to lose...but I do like hearing about things like this...makes me believe not all is lost!

WASHINGTON - They're both congressmen, and they're both addicts.

So when Minnesota Republican Jim Ramstad heard that a friend in a drug-induced state had been in a late-night car wreck, he did what he said any friend in recovery would do: He reached out to help.

The friend was Democratic Rep. Patrick Kennedy, the Kennedy family scion from Rhode Island. After a high-profile political dust-up in Washington, Kennedy underwent 28 days of treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, where he was released last week.

Ramstad visited him four Saturdays in a row, and agreed to sponsor Kennedy's recovery, accompanying him to recovery meetings and staying in regular contact.

I especially liked this

Ramstad has also stuck up for Kennedy politically, warning Rhode Island Republicans and others that calls for Kennedy's resignation would be a "slap in the face" of all recovering addicts like himself.

[rox63]

1. Just curious if you have a link to the article

I'd like to read the whole thing, and possibly forward it to someone.

[SaveElmer]

2. Sorry...yeah here you go...it's in the Strib

http://www.startribune.com/587/story/482445.html

[SaveElmer]

3. I neglected to include a link...here it is

http://www.startribune.com/587/story/482445.html