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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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Politicians Respond To Kennedy's Announcement

By Marc Ambinder

May 20 2008, 2:36 PM ET Comment

Sen. Ted Kennedy disclosed today that a malignant brain tumor -- brain cancer -- caused his seizure this weekend.

Here's John McCain's response:

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to him. We hope and pray that they will be able to treat it and that he will experience a full recovery." "I have described Ted Kennedy as the last lion in the senate. And I have held that view because he remains the single most effective member of the Senate."


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