You mean we wouldn't have ever had that Nixon character, no Watergate?

Here's an excellent read I came across last month and I'm glad The Atlantic finally posted it. Scott Stossel explains how the Kennedy family caught in the throes of Bobby's assasination deep-sixed the Democrats in 1968 by not throwing support toward brother-in-law and Chicagoan, Sargent Shriver (Maria's dad), who was on the verge of being chosen as Hubert Humphrey's running mate. As a result, the Kennedys may have accidentally thrown the election to Richard Milhouse.

This all over a family squabble. And the man who could've made everything right, repairing the family breach in the nick of time, had his own problems.

I highly recommend it.