Consider:
On July 18, 1969, the only child of Gwen and Joe Kopechne attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, near Martha's Vineyard off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Their daughter, Mary Jo, who at one time wanted to be a nun, instead, had taken an interest in politics.
The party was for former Robert Kennedy campaign workers, held at the home of a Kennedy cousin. At around 11 in the evening, Mary Jo got into an Oldsmobile with Edward Kennedy and left the party. Kennedy, who at 37, was a senator from Massachusetts, was also a likely candidate for the United States presidency in 1972.
Apparently enroute to the ferry landing for a return trip to Martha's Vineyard, the Oldsmobile turned sharply right and off the paved roadway onto a dirt side road. Moments later the Oldsmobile plunged off the narrow Dike Bridge into the ten foot deep Poucha Pond.
Mary Jo Kopechne suffocated in the car while Senator Kennedy swam ashore. Strangely, it was ten hours before Kennedy reported the accident to the police.
Family and friends concocted a plan to protect Kennedy from any criminal ramifications and initially wanted to claim that Mary Jo was alone.
There were rumors that the married Senator was perhaps acting inappropriately with the single Ms. Kopechne. Kennedy went on national television to provide his side of the story claiming emphatically (ala Klinton):
"There is no truth, no truth whatever, to the widely circulated suspicions of immoral conduct...I did not have sex with that woman, Miss Kopechne."
Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident, received a two-month suspended sentence and his license was revoked for a year.
The Kopechne's have said that they never received a personal apology from the Senator. However, his insurance company did pay them $140,923 for the loss of their only child.
The moral of the story is: never party with(what's left of)the Kennedys. It can be injurious to your health.
Never get in a motorized vehicle with a Kennedy, be it a plane, train or automobile, At last count: 3 women dead, 1 paralyzed