intuitive common sense. mr. speaker, i think charles would be the first to admit cheerily that he was not a details man when it came to policy. he treated the necessary, but often tedious detail of policy discussions within the noble democrats with the same attitude he viewed his constituency, admired from afar but a trial endured by others. [ laughter ] at one of his earliest decisions when he was leader of the liberal democrats was to end the long health convention the leader of the party, should attend all of the regular and invariably lengthy meetings of the democrat party committee. it was a characteristically wise decision for which i was forever grateful during my time as leader. [ laughter ] again, mr. speaker his disregard for the undergrowth of policymaking should not obscure his unusually instinctive and deadly serious appreciation of the bigger picture in politics. whether in europe constitutional reform, arguments against national and politics of identity or life
parliamentarians. mr. speaker, if we carry ourselves with the honesty and wisdom of mr. kennedy, politics would be held in much higher esteem than it is today. mr. clark. mr. speaker grateful for the opportunity to make a brief addition to the tribute already paid to the party leaders which i wholly agree. i, too, remember charlie kennedy arriving in the house of commons in 1983 making a startling impression. he was very young. he was a student. he looked like a schoolboy. and rapidly people realized that in addition to all these rather striking attributes, he combined it with being intelligent articulate, self-confident, and capable of addressing the house in a very, very fluent and eloquent way with that joking relaxed charm, which was his very distinctive style which i don t recall anybody else achieving in the way that he did. he rapidly became because he was such an unexpected but unique figure very prominent, not just in parparliament, but nationally, and he looked
dickerson: with an impassioned sermon on race in america. it s all ahead on face the captioning sponsored by cbs i m john dickerson. it s been a big week for news, and we re going to try and get through all of it. we start with the supreme court s ruling on same-sex marriage and chad give, the head of the human rights campaign is with us. chad, this was a big win for gays in america, for supporters of same-sex marriage. so is the work done? no question the work is not done. and while this was a monumental leap forward in this country, we still have a long ways to go. in a majority of states in the country still today. after this ruling, you can be married at 10:00 a.m., fired from your job by noon, and evicted from your home by 2:00 simply for posting that wedding photo on facebook. and so as you look at the battles ahead we ve got to bring full and comprehensive nondiscrimination protects to everyone protections to everyone living in this country and that s the next
dickerson: with an impassioned sermon on race in america. it s all ahead on face the captioning sponsored by cbs i m john dickerson. it s been a big week for news, and we re going to try and get through all of it. we start with the supreme court s ruling on same-sex marriage and chad give, the head of the human rights campaign is with us. chad, this was a big win for gays in america, for supporters of same-sex marriage. so is the work done? no question the work is not done. and while this was a monumental leap forward in this country, we still have a long ways to go. in a majority of states in the country still today. after this ruling, you can be married at 10:00 a.m., fired from your job by noon, and evicted from your home by 2:00 simply for posting that wedding photo on facebook. and so as you look at the battles ahead we ve got to bring full and comprehensive nondiscrimination protects to everyone protections to everyone living in this country and that s the next
dickerson: with an impassioned sermon on race in america. it s all ahead on face the captioning sponsored by cbs i m john dickerson. it s been a big week for news, and we re going to try and get through all of it. we start with the supreme court s ruling on same-sex marriage and chad give, the head of the human rights campaign is with us. chad, this was a big win for gays in america, for supporters of same-sex marriage. so is the work done? no question the work is not done. and while this was a monumental leap forward in this country, we still have a long ways to go. in a majority of states in the country still today. after this ruling, you can be married at 10:00 a.m., fired from your job by noon, and evicted from your home by 2:00 simply for posting that wedding photo on facebook. and so as you look at the battles ahead we ve got to bring full and comprehensive nondiscrimination protects to everyone protections to everyone living in this country and that s the next