For the second time in six months, he's headed to the Mayo Clinic for treatment to prescription pain killers.
Kennedy said he doesn't remember yesterday's Washington DC car accident, nor getting out of bed that in the middle of the night and getting behind the vehicle. Fox News' Major Garrett explained that one of the drugs he was prescribed to, Ambien, a sleep aid, sometimes leads to "sleep driving," which according the Fox reporter, could explain Kennedy's actions.
What was not brought up this afternoon by the Rhode Island Democrat was the clearly special treatment he received from the Capitol Hill police (why no sobriety test after the accident?), nor the reports that Kennedy was drinking alcohol at Washington bar before the accident.
Here's the final nasty little detail:
I'm on my way to the Capitol for a vote.
That's what the Capitol Police reports that's what Kennedy said after the accident. Repeatedly.
Federal law stipulates that if a member of Congress is en route to the Capitol on "official business," the police cannot prosecute him.
Did the Rhode Island rep have a knee-jerk alibi in place? That would shoot his "sleep driving" explanation full of holes.
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