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Kennedy has been profoundly affected by Chappaquiddick. Some who know him believe that he is a wiser leader because of it. California Democratic Leader Jess Unruh declares: "That terrible incident was an ordeal that made a hell of a better man out of Ted. Everything had been so easy for him. He was almost insufferable in 1969 when he won the job as Senate whip . . . Then came Chappaquiddick and he lost his whip job, too. Those experiences humbled him. That's on the private side. On the public side there is no doubt it has cost him votes." Mike Feldman...
...months after Chappaquiddick he was painfully withdrawn, but that period seems long since ended. Now he jokes easily. Recently, on a flight between Chicago and Salt Lake City, he was confronted in the aisle by a woman carrying a baby. Kennedy grinned and told the reporters with him, "Hey, get this." He elaborately faked kissing the baby, with a loud smooch an inch from the infant's cheek. Then he collapsed laughing in his seat...
After Bobby's death and again after Chappaquiddick, there was talk of his drinking heavily. Today, except at an occasional private party when he will have several Scotches, he drinks only a Dubonnet before lunch or a Cutty Sark Scotch or two before dinner. On the road he prefers a bottle of Heineken's beer. He smokes long, thin Filipino cigars and now, at 6 ft. 2 in. and 210 Ibs., is winning his constant battle against overweight...
...aged and even some of the lower middle class, blue-collar workers, like those who supported Bobby Kennedy in the 1968 Indiana primary. In the end it is conceivable that 1972 might turn into a personality contest between Ted Kennedy and Richard Nixon?the flawed Democratic star, damaged by Chappaquiddick, going against the often awkward but immensely experienced incumbent. If so, the nation will then find out how much of the magic is Teddy Kennedy...
...Kennedy's Massachusetts driver's license was suspended for one year after he pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of the accident at Chappaquiddick. About a year ago, he obtained a new license...