Another person's excellent take on the situation:
“If Kennedy had the time to write a letter to the Massachusetts legislature about changing the rules to pick his successor he certainly had the time to pen a letter to the world confessing his numerous public sins and telling us how wrong and sorry he was for offending God. He didn't.”
>>and telling us how wrong and sorry he was for offending God. He didn’t.<<
He didn’t have to tell US anything.
It’s between him and God.
That being said, I am not happy with the Cardinal Presiding. However, did anyone really expect it not to happen?