No he didn't, but the world would be a slightly better place without him though. We are in a new era of globalism smartistm, consumerism, and hyper-capitalism, web 2.0. Neo-liberal/welfare liberal values that Kennedy and Obama endorses are outdated and irrelevant in todays ultra competitive, free trade, interwebbed, society. No more welfare, no more cheap food, cheap gas, or guaranteed college tution, no more labor unions, no more health plans, or no more retirement plans.