TED KENNEDY MAY HAVE BEEN A KILLER, BUT HE WAS NO QUITTER:

The Who, What, When And How of A Dodd Exit Strategy (Shira Toeplitz, CQ-Roll Call)

The rumor mill was rampant last week with murmurs that Sen. Christopher J. Dodd , who trails Republicans in every public poll testing his re-election prospects in Connecticut, might be ready to announce he will retire instead of seek another term next year.