Democrat Stephen Pagliuca said today the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy would side with him and not political rivals Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano in the nation’s health care debate.

The Boston Celtics [team stats] co-owner told reporters Coakley and Capuano are wrong for saying they would vote against the overhaul if it retains a House amendment banning abortion coverage in any federally subsidized insurance program.