If he did it intentionally there had to be more than that to the story.
If you don’t want to run, just don’t run. You can announce you’re dropping out for personal reasons or health reasons or whatever.
You don’t soil your reputation intentionally, cause your family pain, just to drop out of a race. If it was intentional the only think I can think of was blackmail.
Well....dems are not the brightest bulb in the pack.
Perhaps Hart wanted out to have a life with Ms Rice and wanted to inflict mucho pain on his soon-to-be ex-wife.
Whatever the reason...deep in his heart, Hart knew his dare would end his campaign.
It was in the era when Kennedy and Dodd were hitting the bars in DC and groping waitresses and getting away with it.
The press wouldn't touch it.
Then Hart made the mistake of daring them to follow him when he was having an affair with a blonde model with a portfolio of pictures for them to run and move magazines.
And a boat named the 'Monkey Business' for Johnny Carson to joke about.
A perfect storm.