Baystate Medical Center

That same week, notices went out to dozens of hospitals around the state, saying that their federal funding would be cut starting July 1st.

$6 million from Bay State Medical Center, $10 million from Mass General, $62 million from Boston Medical Center.

It was a head-on car crash in slow motion, and still, neither Sal nor Trav would bend.

Kennedy makes the call to me, that famous call.