Changing rules even in death

STFU

When I heard last week that Ted Kennedy wanted to change Massachusetts succession law, so Gov. Duval Patrick (it's easy to confuse him with Eric Holder) could immediately appoint his successor, I thought what I always think when the late Ted opens his yap.  YPOSMFCS!  And that was before I learned this. “ Until 2004, a vacancy would have been filled by gubernatorial appointment. But legislative Democrats changed the rules that year, fearful that a presidential victory by US Senator John F. Kerry would give Republican Governor Mitt Romney the right to appoint a GOP successor. They passed legislation creating the current system, which would leave Massachusetts with only one vote in the Senate for up to six months. (WaPost) ”