no one else was able to write the kennedy family story, because bobby died, jack died, and joe jr. ied. nobody could write it from inside the way that teddy kennedy did. the story is the story of a family that has captivated our interest, our sadness, our happiness for almost a century. to be able to bring that story out in the last years of his life, he was more open than he could have been before. it is unusual because of its openness. those characters are thinking about the future and balancing things. lbj wanted to say something mean about bobby kennedy. he said in the next sentence i will say something good about jackie kennedy, as though he could balance things out. lbj said he was so concerned about saving face, that he would lose his ask some day. -- lose his ass sunday. what you see here, there is a great story about when he decided to run away from home. jack kennedy was like a second father to him. he said, why don't i just read at the movies? by the end of the movie, maybe we will just go home. then he talks about how much he loves jack and bobby. what jackson bobby -- w

no one else was able to write the kennedy family story, because bobby died, jack died, and joe jr. ied. nobody could write it from inside the way that teddy kennedy did. the story is the story of a family that has captivated our interest, our sadness, our happiness for almost a century. to be able to bring that story out in the last years of his life, he was more open than he could have been before. it is unusual because of its openness. those characters are thinking about the future and balancing things. lbj wanted to say something mean about bobby kennedy. he said in the next sentence i will say something good about jackie kennedy, as though he could balance things out. lbj said he was so concerned about saving face, that he would lose his ask some day. -- lose his ass sunday. what you see here, there is a great story about when he decided to run away from home. jack kennedy was like a second father to him. he said, why don't i just read at the movies? by the end of the movie, maybe we will just go home. then he talks about how much he loves jack and bobby. what jackson bobby -- w

no one else was able to write the kennedy family story, because bobby died, jack died, and joe jr. died. nobody could write it from inside the way that teddy kennedy did. the story is the story of a family that has captivated our interest, our sadness, our happiness for almost a century. to be able to bring that story out in the last years of his life, he was more open than he could have been before. it is unusual because of its openness. those characters are thinking about the future and balancing things. lbj wanted to say something mean about bobby kennedy. he said in the next sentence i will say something good about jackie kennedy, as though he could balance things out. lbj said he was so concerned about saving face, that he would lose his ass some day. what you see here, there is a great story about when he decided to run away from home. jack kennedy was like a second father to him. he said, why don't i just read at the movies? by the end of the movie, maybe we will just go home. then he talks about how much he loves jack and bobby. what jack's death meant to bobby, and more imp

disrespectful, it is unseemly for senators in this body to invoke the names of ted kennedy and jack kennedy in opposition to this bill. it is disrespectful and unseemly and i, frankly, am very much surprised that senators would go to that level and try and invoke the names of ted kennedy and jack kennedy in -- in opposition to this legislation. talk about profiles in courage. i hear senators on the other side say where is the courage of one senator to stand up and vote against health care reform. that's what i keep hearing on that side, where's the courage, where's the courage of one senator on the democratic side to stand up and vote against health care reform? mr. president, i'm going to turn that around. profiles in courage by jack kennedy and also ted kennedy were senators who worked to try to find resolutions to agreements. they wanted to compromise, they wanted to work together to get just results. and i ask the senators: where is the senator on that side of the aisle who's got the courage to break from their leadership, break from the partisanship they're exercising on the other side

is disrespectful, unseemly for senators and this body to invokes the names of ted kennedy and jack kennedyand opposition to this bill. it is disrespectful. frankly, i am very much surprised the senators would go to the level in both the names of ted kennedy and jack kennedy in opposition to this legislation. talk about "profiles in courage", where is the courage of one senator to stand up and vote against health care reform? where is the courage? where is the courage of one democratic senator to stand up against health care reform? i will turn that around. "profiles in courage" by jack kennedy our senators to tried to find resolutions. they want to compromise and to work together. where is the senator on that side of the aisle that has the courage to break from there of leadership, a break from the partisanship to work together to pass health care reform? where is the courage? where is the senators that will stand up and work on a bipartisan basis? weir? we have reached out our hands for a bipartisan agreement and health care reform probably to a fault. to a fault because for months and mo

have a relationship with any newsperson like joe alsop did with the presidents lyndon johnson and jack kennedy? >> i do not know that he does. i do not believe that he does. >> what you think about all the letters of him writing to president kennedy saying that he was the greatest. >> it should not the one and i think that most people -- most journalists and most other people who read this book will say, there is a lot of transgressions year. this guy's purporting to be attached analytical news man and his release snuggling up to a lot of resources. but he was a columnist. he was not an objective reporter. that would be part of his defense, no doubt. but from almost the very beginning, joe got very close to his sources. and probably most people would say to close. >> here we are many years later. is there any way to relate dollar ran back to the days of james polk? >> that is fascinating. those were the days of the partisan press. james polk or any president had to have a newspaper that was his spokesperson, his mouthpiece. polk had a real problem with the president because the "daily globe",

no one else was able to write the kennedy family story, because bobby died, jack died, and joe jr. died. nobody could write it from inside the way that teddy kennedy did. the story is the story of a family that has captivated our interest, our sadness, our happiness for almost a century. to be able to bring that story out in the last years of his life, he was more open than he could have been before. it is unusual because of its openness. those characters are thinking about the future and balancing things. lbj wanted to say something mean about bobby kennedy. he said in the next sentence i will say something good about jackie kennedy, as though he could balance things out. lbj said he was so concerned about saving face, that he would lose his ass some day. what you see here, there is a great story about when he decided to run away from home. jack kennedy was like a second father to him. he said, why don't i just read at the movies? by the end of the movie, maybe we will just go home. then he talks about how much he loves jack and bobby. what jack's death meant to bobby, and more imp

relationship with any newsperson like joe alsop or stewart did with the presidents lyndon johnson and jack kennedy? >> i don't know that he does. i don't believe that he does. >> what did you think when you found all the letters of -- joe alsop would write to president kennedy and say you're just the greatest thing that ever happened, or lyndon johnson, you're on the right track, keep it up. does any of that kind of thing go on today? >> well, i don't think it does. i mean it shouldn't go on, and i think that most people who -- most journalists certainly and i think probably most other people who read this book will say there are a lot of transgressions here. i mean this guy is purporting to be a detached analytical newsman, and he's really snuggling up to a lot of his sources. but he was a columnist, of course, he wasn't an objective reporter who is simply giving facts, he was a columnist, so that would be part of his defense, no doubt. but from almost the very beginning joe got very close to his sources, and probably most people would say too close. >> now, here we are many years later, donald g

of the family name so he was going to change his name from teddy kennedy to teddy roosevelt. >> because he was born on february 22nd, jackhis older brother wanted to call him george washington kennedy. >> before we close out, we have some questions from the audience. let's bring this to today. you first met barack obama in 1997 as a young cent -- young senator from illinois, the only member of the legislature not indicted. [laughter] do you think that any part of senator kennedy's endorsement of barack obama for president was rooted in the possibility that he heard his brother's voice in barack obama? >> that is an interesting question. i am from massachusetts and we have had our problem in this sphere. thank god for louisiana. for the sake of us all. a wonderful state. there were many people i knew as kids or young adults who had worked for bobby kennedy's campaign who ended up supporting barack obama and heard this kind of the a sense of jfk in a cerebral part of him and some of the rfk in the more passionate part of him. it different people who were out of the kennedy tradition saw him so rigid sophomore as jfk and so

no one else was able to write the kennedy family story, because bobby died, jack died, and joe jr. ed. nobody could write it from inside the way that teddy kennedy did. the story is the story of a family that has captivated our interest, our sadness, our happiness for almost a century. to be able to bring that story out in the last years of his life, he was more open than he could have been before. it is unusual because of its openness. those characters are thinking about the future and balancing things. lbj wanted to say something mean about bobby kennedy. he said in the next sentence i will say something good about jackie kennedy, as though he could balance things out. lbj said he was so concerned about saving face, that he would lose his ask some day. -- lose his ass sunday. what you see here, there is a great story about when he decided to run away from home. jack kennedy was like a second father to him. he said, why don't i just read at the movies? by the end of the movie, maybe we will just go home. then he talks about how much he loves jack and bobby. what jackson bobby -- wh

disrespectful, it is unseemly for senators in this body to invoke the names of ted kennedy and jack kennedy in opposition to this bill. it is disrespectful and unseemly and i, frankly, am very much surprised that senators would go to that level and try and invoke the names of ted kennedy and jack kennedy in -- in opposition to this legislation. talk about profiles in courage. i hear senators on the other side say where is the courage of one senator to stand up and vote against health care reform. that's what i keep hearing on that side, where's the courage, where's the courage of one senator on the democratic side to stand up and vote against health care reform? mr. president, i'm going to turn that around. profiles in courage by jack kennedy and also ted kennedy were senators who worked to try to find resolutions to agreements. they wanted to compromise, they wanted to work together to get just results. and i ask the senators: where is the senator on that side of the aisle who's got the courage to break from their leadership, break from the partisanship they're exercising on the other side

one of our great president's, jack kennedy, once said that sometimes your party just asks too much of you. and i know that's what my republican friends must be feeling today because there is no question in my mind that they have just as much compassion in their heart for those jobless people as we do. they know as we do that those who have lost their homes, lost their dignity, and lost their job didn't do it by being democrats or being be republicans. and i recognize that when you go in a room and make a decision to say no, you kind of stuck with it. so we are not naive enough to believe that i can change your mind about what you already decided. but i do hope that when you go back to your home districts and you recognize what is happening to people who are jobless, many of whom are -- whom are hopeless, many of whom have lost their skills, and many and i hope soon it will not continue have lost what it's like to believe that in this great country there is no limit to how far that you can go. so maybe next year will be different. maybe the guys in the street will be following you arou

one of our great president's, jack kennedy, once said that sometimes your party just asks too much ofou. and i know that's what my republican friends must be feeling today because there is no question in my mind that they have just as much compassion in their heart for those jobless people as we do. they know as we do that those who have lost their homes, lost their dignity, and lost their job didn't do it by being democrats or being be republicans. and i recognize that when you go in a room and make a decision to say no, you kind of stuck with it. so we are not naive enough to believe that i can change your mind about what you already decided. but i do hope that when you go back to your home districts and you recognize what is happening to people who are jobless, many of whom are -- whom are hopeless, many of whom have lost their skills, and many and i hope soon it will not continue have lost what it's like to believe that in this great country there is no limit to how far that you can go. so maybe next year will be different. maybe the guys in the street will be following you around

one of our great president's, jack kennedy, once said that sometimes your party just asks too much of and i know that's what my republican friends must be feeling today because there is no question in my mind that they have just as much compassion in their heart for those jobless people as we do. they know as we do that those who have lost their homes, lost their dignity, and lost their job didn't do it by being democrats or being be republicans. and i recognize that when you go in a room and make a decision to say no, you kind of stuck with it. so we are not naive enough to believe that i can change your mind about what you already decided. but i do hope that when you go back to your home districts and you recognize what is happening to people who are jobless, many of whom are -- whom are hopeless, many of whom have lost their skills, and many and i hope soon it will not continue have lost what it's like to believe that in this great country there is no limit to how far that you can go. so maybe next year will be different. maybe the guys in the street will be following you around. a

kennedy to teddy roosevelt. [laughter] >> you know, the one funny thing about the name is because he was born on february 22, jack, his older brother, wanted to call him george washington kennedy. >> that's the 200th anniversary of george washington's birth. amazing coincidence. >> so let's, before we close out, and we have a few questions from the audience, who we'll get to, let's bring it right up to today. e.j. dionne, you first met barack obama in 1997, the only member of the legislature not indicted out there. [laughter] do you think -- >> and what's wrong with that? >> do you think that any part of senator kennedy's endorsement of barack obama for president was rooted in the possibility that he heard his brother's voice in barack obama? >> that's really interesting question. you mentioned -- i always say i'm from massachusetts. we have mad our problems in this sphere. i always like to say thak god for louisiana. >> for both of us. >> for the sake of us all. >> consist kids and young adults who worked for bobby kennedy's campaign ended up supporting barack obama, and who heard a little bit of a sense of j.f.