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which famously did damage to his 1980 presidential bid. Mudd said there was no deceit about the purpose or context of the interviews, as
Kennedy claimed in the book, and wrote that "I remain mystified, perplexed, angered, and saddened that the senator would have endorsed such a false account in what
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said that "Kennedy to be modest about the successes in his long public life and honest about the failures" but that "like virtually all political autobiographies these days, it has the air of having been written by committee. ... It is not always possible to tell where
Kennedy's voice ends and that
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said that "Kennedy has produced a revelatory – though not tabloidesque – account of his storied life and career. While the
Massachusetts Democrat was not without ego, he is willing to share the credit both with colleagues and family members for his successes and isn't shy about accepting blame for
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