"washington post" executive editor ben bradley. another woman had come up on the radar.get hart's reaction, taylor sought out campaign press secretary, kevin sweeney. >> we were getting a lot of tips about other women. one in particular we were pursuing because it seemed to have some credible evidence behind it. >> and hart says to his press secretary, kevin sweeney, this is never going to end, is it? and sweeney rather coldly says you would know better than i, senator. and hart says, let's go home. let's just go home. >> former senator gary hart is expected to appear momentarily at a denver hotel room where he is expected to withdraw from the presidential race. >> in the room, tom. he's coming in. >> there's lee hart and gary hart. >> clearly under present circumstances, this campaign cannot go on. i refuse to submit my family and friends and innocent people and myself to further rumors and gossip. it's simply an intolerable situation. >> less than a week after his story broke in the miami herald, tom fiedler watched what his reporting had wrought. >> the news room outs

campaign planes and reporting and that whole kind of male secrecy bond that extended from jfk to ben bradleyhe washington post," to many other politicians, was broken by women reporters. >> the nature of the washington press corp. changed. it became more feminist, more sensitive, more caring about these issues. >> in the spring of '87, at the urging of his staff. hart agreed to be interviewed by e.j. deon of the "new york times." >> i asked him a general question that was specific enough. and that's when he came out with the follow me around, you'll be bored line. part of me thought he was actually sending a very clear signal that at least for the duration of the campaign he was going to lead a traditional married life. >> thanks very much! how you all doing? >> the other part of me was startled that if he had not made that decision, this was a very dangerous thing to say. >> suggestive stories continued to appear in the national press. some noting that hart and his wife lee had separated twice. tom fiedler of the "miami herald" objected to the reporting. >> my journal said this is troubleso

my father he only got the job because his aunt put up some of the money, and it was a kid named ben bradley. and he didn't last long either. the new hampshire primary is so important to the body politics of the united states. and mr. gardner here does a great job protecting that. although he was a little chagrinned this morning when the only question asked of him of the tv news was about town meeting day tomorrow and what he's going to do with it. thanks for having us, billy. >> well, i think we have time for a question or two. go ahead. >> not a question. [ inaudible ] referenced in remarks by speaker roberts. i know some of you served in the house with bob. he's in florida. turned 81 years old last month. he said he would much rather play golf in florida than shovel show in new hampshire chlt and i'm sure you can understand it. but 1968 was a big year for bob, that's the year and my mother-in-law had fifth child and minority leader of the house at 31 years old. four years later ran for goff fleur of new hampshire. mr. lobe gave him the name broad based bobby, because he was income tax sup

to my father only got the job because his aunt put up some of the money, and it was a kid named ben bradley. the new hampshire primary is so important to the body politic of the united states. mr. gardner does a great job protecting that, although he was chagrined when the only question was about town meeting day tomorrow and what he is going to do with it. thank you for having us. >> do we have time for a question or two? go ahead. i know some of you served in the house with bob, he is in florida. he said he would much rather play golf in florida than shovel snow in new hampshire, and i'm sure you can understand that. 1968 was a big year for bob, that is the year he and my mother had their fifth child and when he became minority leader of the house at 31 years old and then ran for governor of new hampshire. william loeb gave him the name of broad base bobby because he was an income tax supporter. to this day we start people ask my wife, are you related to broad base bobby. to this day bob has nothing but good things to say about mr. loeb. i'm glad to be here to represent bob. bob is still