Sen. Kennedy to introduce bill to revise national cancer act
 

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who recently was diagnosed with brain cancer, previously had begun work on legislation that would revise the 1971 National Cancer Act, and supporters hope that the "fact that Kennedy has fallen victim to this disease will generate public support and lend new urgency to the need to update the bill," the AP/Chicago Tribune reports.

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I suspect that Kennedy's recent diagnoses will help the bill get updated - other senators will see that all the money in the world doesn't help when you get some types of cancer.