Why bother? He’s no more likely to be receptive to my skepticism than you are. That makes my (and others) skepticism no less valid.
You wish to impute conservative values to a notorious opportunist. Bully for you but I’m not buying.
Kennedy had more “conservative values” than Nixon, who never saw a welfare program he didn’t like. He gave us affirmative action, the EPA. He took the gold standard and based it on credit. He cut and ran from Vietnam. He also called for universal health insurance.