Dodd Wrestles With HELP Chairmanship Decision As Officials Consider How To Fill Kennedy's Seat

"Grieving the loss of his close friend Ted Kennedy, Sen. Chris Dodd is also faced with one of the most significant political choices of his Senate career," Politico reports. "The Connecticut Democrat could grab Kennedy's gavel and assume the chairmanship of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, putting himself in the center of a historic health care debate at crunch time.