I had the same feeling when reading that language! His foresight - and faith in America - was really amazing, given the state of civil rights and race relations in the early 1960s.

There were a lot of columns and articles that expounded about the perceived similarities between Obama and Kennedy. The Kennedys endorsed Obama, after the first few primaries in January, and it was HUGE news when it happened. Caroline also wrote an op-ed for the NYTimes (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/opinion/27kennedy.html) called "A President Like My Father."