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ABC anchor Charles Gibson did not attend the White House ceremonies at which 16 honorees were awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama but he did narrate the videotape, introducing us to eight from the "eclectic list of luminaries." Gibson selected six Americans--Edward Kennedy, Billie Jean King, Sandra Day O'Connor, Sidney Poitier, Joseph Lowery and Joe Medicine Crow--and two foreigners, Stephen Hawking and Desmond Tutu, who "never lost the twinkle in his eye." Bill Plante of CBS was at the White House to note that Edward Kennedy was the only one of the 16 not to attend. His brain tumor kept him at home in Massachusetts, not only missing the medal ceremony but also "missing from the pitched battle over healthcare reform, an issue he has called the cause of his life."
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