there is also a candy desk in the boston replica. what they have just unveiled is essentially a living, breathing, u.s. senate chamber, but if you were dropped in there, you would be forgiven for thinking it was the real thing. trent lott was in there and said he walked in and got a chill. this was the headline at roll call. even senators are awe struck by ted kennedy's senate chamber. you are hard-pressed to know if that is the real thing or the fake thing. the purpose of this place is to act as basically a model senate. to have kids from all over the country go there and pretend to be senators, to stand in a full-scale model and debate and argue the big issues of the day, and unlike the actual senate, the thing that happens after the debate is there's a vote -- the purpose of this place is to act as basically a model senate. to have kids from all over the country go there and pretend to be senators, to stand in a full-scale model and debate and argue the big issues of the day, and unlike the actual senate, the thing that happens after the debate is there's a vote -- weird! >> who but ted kennedy and his family would create a full-scale replica of the senate chamber? and open it to everyone.