The veteran political leader died late last night after a battle with brain cancer. We speak with Brian Hart whose son was killed in Iraq.

We're joined by Gail Chaddock, senior congressional coorespondent of the Christian Science Monitor and Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School.

After the death of his brothers, everyone thought Ted Kennedy would run for the White House and he did. But he fell short and many wondered if his heart was really in it. The accident on Chappaquiddick, which killed Mary Joe Kopechne, hovered over him. Here & Now's Monica Brady-Myerov has that part of the Kennedy story.

We continue our conversation about Senator Kennedy with Julian Zelizer and Kevin Cullen of the Boston Globe.

We'll hear a portion of an interview we did with Senator Kennedy on May 31, 2006.