Victoria Reggie Kennedy:

Oh, their politics could not be more different.

I mean, John was a passionate conservative. He was a passionate Republican. Teddy was a passionate Democrat. He was a passionate — he was a passionate progressive.

But they were able to look for those areas where they could agree. They look for those areas where they could find common ground. One of those areas was in immigration. They both knew that we had a broken immigration system, and they wanted to find a way to resolve that problem.

And so they would meet every morning with a group of other senators. They would meet at 7:30 or 8:00 in the morning, and they'd start to talk and listen and try to see where they could come together.

I mean, I thought that was an extraordinary thing at — where they were looking for a way to move the issue forward, to find that resolution. And neither of them got what they wanted completely, but they — they got out of their comfort zone a little bit on the compromise legislation that they put forward.

But they also knew that they were advancing the ball, that they were helping to resolve the problem. And I know, from Ted's point of view, and in talking to John as well, one of the great disappointments of both of their careers was that they were unable to finally get that legislation passed by both houses and signed.