“Opposition to America’s first offshore wind farm seems a peculiar posture for the liberal lion of the Senate… Supporters of the offshore grid of 130 wind turbines, standing 400 feet above the water, say it would supply three-quarters of the energy needs of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. By replacing use of oil, they say, it would sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [Sen. Ted] Kennedy opposes this, explains the buzz on Capitol Hill, because he does not want to despoil the pristine appearance of a natural resource dear to his family and the memory of John F. Kennedy. The explanation has been spread by an aide to Sen. Jeff Bingaman, the Energy Committee’s ranking Democrat. He says Bingaman asked Kennedy why he opposes Cape Wind and received this answer: ‘This is Jack’s sacred sailing ground.’ Both Bingaman and Kennedy denied the story to me” — Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times columnist