Hometown News: Remembering Jack Kemp

Western New Yorkers are remembering a football star who became a national political power. Jack Kemp served nine terms in Congress from Hamburg, and ran for Vice-President in 1996 on the Bob Dole ticket. Kemp died over the weekend at age 73. Kemp is equally well-known as the quarterback of the Bills during the Sixties. He led the Bills to AFL championships in 1964 and 65 before moving into the political arena. Kemp died Saturday night at his home in the Washington DC suburbs, after a fight with cancer.

President Obama is remembering Jack Kemp. Obama said the one-time Republican vice presidential candidate applied lessons he learned as a professional football player to his political life.