WASHINGTON - AUGUST 29: The widow of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, responds to friends and former staff members who gathered on the steps of the Senate to pay a final tribute to the Massachusetts Democrat who spent 47 years at the Capitol on August 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Kennedy's hearse paused at the Capitol before moving on to Arlington National Cemetery where he will be buried near his brothers John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images)