Senator Ted Kennedy had a lengthy seizure today near the end of the Inauguration luncheon at the Capitol honoring President Barack Obama.

A Republican House leadership member told FOX News that Kennedy had a seizure at the end of the lunch, the seizure lasted a while. He was taken out on a wheelchair and had to have his legs lifted up to get him out of the room.

Kennedy was diagnosed with brain cancer last year.  I had noted earlier today that I thought Ted actually looked pretty good at the Inauguration.

“And so I would be lying to you if I did not say that right now a part of me is with him,” Obama added. “And I think that’s true for all of us. This is a joyous time. But it’s also a sobering time. And my prayers are with him and his family and (Kennedy’s wife) Vicki.”

West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd also suffered a seizure at the luncheon.