Boston Celtics [team stats] co-owner Steve Pagliuca yesterday accused Senate campaign rivals of betraying late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s legacy by their opposition to the current health-care reform bill.

“The national effort to pass meaningful reform of our health-care system stands at a critical juncture,” he said in a statement. “We have an historic opportunity to provide health care to over 30 million Americans who don’t have it, and to help lower spiraling health-care costs. The next senator from our great state must not be the one who stands in the way of real health-care reform.”