Somewhere above

God: This is highly unusual. We've granted requests for unfinished business with a loved one. But we've never sent someone back for a last political ad.

Ted Kennedy: Please, Lord. I worked this issue for decades. You yourself said it's what got me in here. It was a fluke that I couldn't see it through. Now it's down to the wire, and they're not making the case.

God: Okay. But you'll have time for only one take.

TK: I'll take it! Paul, is the prompter loaded?

Paul Wellstone: All set. Give 'em hell, Teddy!

TK winks, turns to camera

My fellow Americans, don't be scared -- this is Ted Kennedy with a final word about health-care reform. I know you're anxious about the economy and jobs. Some of you wonder why the...