Politics | Senate Democrats Cancer in Remission, Kennedy Set for June Return By Will McCahill Posted May 19, 2009 2:46 PM CDT Copied In this May 21, 2009, file photo, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., walks out of at the Massachusetts General Hospital with his wife, Vicki, right, and niece Caroline Kennedy, center right. (AP Photo) Sen. Ted Kennedy should be back at work after the body’s Memorial Day recess, Majority Leader Harry Reid said today after hearing from Kennedy’s wife that the 77-year-old’s brain cancer is in remission. Kennedy has spent much time at home in Massachusetts since the diagnosis last May, the Hill notes; his return should coincide with health initiatives near to his heart. Read These Next A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. A lesson in minding your own business ... at 30,000 feet. The death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 27, including 9 kids. Desperate search for missing campers continues in Texas. Report an error