AP VIa HuffPost: Hundreds of people were expected to pay their respects to Specter on Tuesday, from regular citizens and local political figures to Vice President Joe Biden, a longtime colleague [who landed in Philadelphia at 11:30]
Specter, 82, died at home of complications from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. His funeral service is scheduled for noon at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, near Philadelphia.
“Arlen never walked away from his principles and was at his best when they were challenged,” said Biden, who often rode home on the train with Specter from Washington, D.C.
