Writing in The Washington Examiner, Byron York raises some questions about the degree to which the late Ben Bradlee fell under the spell of President Jack Kennedy. Apparently they were as thick as thieves.
You have to wonder, if the Watergate break-in and coverup had happened on Kennedy's watch, instead of Nixon's, would Bradlee have supported his whiz kid reporters chasing the scandal? The clear implication is an answer of "Probably not."
What a lucky break for Woodward and Bernstein that Nixon was the target. The Kennedys did stunts that were as bad or worse, and like Nixon covered them up too.
