Senator Ted Kennedy's hospitalization for a seizure turned into something much more serious today when doctors announced he was suffering from a malignant brain tumor. According to CNN, Kennedy's colleagues in the senate are "stunned" — apparently McCain got all teary-eyed. "I would not be sitting here as a presidential candidate were it not for some of the battles he fought as a senator," Barack Obama said. "He battled for voting rights and civil rights when I was a child. I stand on his shoulders."

The New York Times endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination last week, but yesterday the op-ed section carried an impassioned endorsement for Barack Obama from none other than Caroline Kennedy. Her uncle Ted is expected to endorse Obama today, as well. After the jump, read what she had to say.

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