They made us read Profiles in Courage back in Catholic school. Even that was a sham. The whole thing was ghost written by Pierre Salinger.
I always thought it was Ted Sorensen. It's nice to know the tradition continued as Bill Ayers wrote Hussein's books for him as well.
In 1964, Salinger ran for US Senate in California against former actor George Murphy, the Republican nominee. One of the few bright spots in that otherwise disastrous election year was Murphy's resounding victory over Salinger in November.