Still, Senator Kennedy feels that most Americans are coming round to his way of thinking and he may well be right, he says.

BBC: NEWS | Americas | Kennedy warns Bush on Iraq troops

Mrs Kennedy told the jury that she went round to her mother's house and knocked the door and initially got no answer but then Kane came to the door holding a phone.

BBC: Kathleen Milward

Edward Kennedy (D-MA) took his fight to President Carter behind the last round of primaries in early June when Carter won a majority of the delegates needed to assure him renomination all the way to the convention, where the Kennedy forces fought the Carter forces over the rules and platform, all unsuccessfully.

NPR: Political Junkie: Obama's Former Pastor Speaks Out