Cody Keenan

“Infinite, and you heard it all around, said the Senator's Memorial Service. Because this was a guy who had endured the most public of tragedies with his brothers. And, you know, he broke his back in'64 and was out for a while with his kids. And so he had a big heart and a tenderness to him. And he was always the first to call.”

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“I stumbled upon a posting for an internship in Ted Kennedy's office. And so I called, and I knew who he was, obviously. So I called the chief of staff. Because, of course, that's the way things work in Washington. I just Googled the phone number and asked for Mary Beth Cahill.”

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“With speeches explain these incredibly complicated programs for lending to get lending going again and for homeowners and whatnot. And these were also things that nobody wanted to do. The American people didn't want us to help the banks. And we didn't really want to do that either. But we had to.”

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“That was extraordinary. And the president said, that's what I want to talk about, the idea of grace. And he gave me some ideas, and I went and put it down. But, you know, he's also more of a theologian than people understand. I mean, that was a deeply religious speech to talk about the concept of unearned grace.”

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