'Lion' Kennedy King of the Senate

Ted Kennedy’s seizure yesterday forced Washington lawmakers to imagine a world without the legendary 76-year-old senator—and how difficult it would be to fill his shoes,Time notes. Willing to work across the aisle to push key legislation, the Democratic kingpin's name has been on nearly all the bipartisan bills of the past seven years. He’s “a legendary lawmaker and I have the highest respect for him,” said John McCain.

Former Sen. Tom Daschle hails Kennedy as a “lion," and Time calls him one of the century's "greatest legislators.” “I always wanted to be in the Senate. I love it,” he told Time. Kennedy is conscious and talking in a Boston hospital, and isn’t “in any immediate danger,” said his doctor, who is working to determine the cause of the seizure.