"In the spring of 1999, John was approached by several friends active in New York Democratic politics urging him to run for the Senate seat of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who was retiring. They could provide him with the money and the political infrastructure. And imagine the volunteers! John would be the Pied Piper of politics. As for the press, well, John was guaranteed more free media than any Senate candidate in history. In fact, anything candidate Kennedy might need would be provided for him. All he had to do was say yes.
Could he have won that Senate race? In my opinion, easily. I would have voted for John because although he had inherited power he did not lust for it. And because if John fulfilled the potential he carried within him he could one day restore a luster to the presidency that the United States had not seen since his father was in office. If he was finally able to put his misgivings about politics behind him—and I think John would have been—he could restore our faith in the power of politics to improve people’s lives."
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