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"Both parties have so many people in these categories. This seems less a personal failure of Clinton and Obama than a more structural problem." -Clyde Wilcox, professor of government at Georgetown University, on the legal troubles of campaign financiers, Bloomberg, Aug. 26.
But for Kennedy, even more than for most great men, these accomplishments are difficult to separate from the turmoil and tragedy that he endured throughout his life, including trials both personal and professional that arose both by fate and by his own doing. There is perhaps no other politician in...
Other personal tragedies followed as family members struggled with drug abuse, disease and premature death. His first wife, Joan, suffered three miscarriages, and after their separation, she was repeatedly treated for alcoholism. Two of his children have battled cancer, with his oldest, Ted Jr., losing a leg to the disease...
Perhaps the most striking thing about this pattern is that Kennedy was able to overcome it. His legacy is not one of a scamp or a drunkard but rather one of a statesman who defeated his personal demons to earn the respect of his peers and much of his nation...
Which makes a certain sense. Kennedy lived his adult life in death's parlor, with no reason to imagine he would live long enough for his hair to go grey, much less white. He barely survived his own plane crash in 1964; he campaigned in 1980 in a bullet proof...