You could sense his bitterness when he lost his bid for the 'Rat nomination back in... what was it, '80 or '84? It was clear he was thinking, "if only we had the control of Pravda, we could put the kiebash on this Chappaquiddick thingie. I've been robbed of my birthright! Robbed, I say!!"
And you can understand his bitterness. Dreaming of becoming the Fattest Dictator in the World, he was denied it all just because of killing a single girl... when everywhere else dictators are applauded for all the killing they do. Fat Ted was robbed. It's one of the brutal realities of America.