Joseph We Knew Ye Too Well
The trouble began in April when his ex-wife, Sheila, published an unflattering book suggesting he bullied her into an annulment. Then came allegations that Joe’s brother and political adviser, Michael, had been having an affair with a teenage babysitter. Joe seethed as the press badgered. His polls plummeted: once considered the leading political light of the younger generation of Kennedys, Joe saw his favorable ratings drop from 60 percent last January to 34 percent in July....