While he couldn't defeat Ted Kennedy, he did become the governor of the liberal state of Massachusetts in 2002, running as a pro-choice moderate.

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It wasn't often that Ted Kennedy and Ronald Reagan joined hands in common cause, but they did in this case.

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"We didn't do that for Ted Heath or (former Labour prime minister) Jim Callaghan - we could have dealt with it quite easily and respectfully next week in an hour set aside for it, " he said.

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