While all this needs to be out in the open early, I'm not at all sure that this equals "ruin" in 2004. Maybe in 1964, but not in 2004.
Bingo!
BTW, there were rumors that Mike was kind of 'violent' during his 1st marriage. Not like Bobby Hull (Blackhawks) who beat his wife almost daily (that unfortunately is a fact), but along those lines - allegedly.
The RATS would demand his divorce records be opened and they'd do the same to Ditka as they did with their own candidate Blair Hull (no relation to Bobby Hull) - "Wife Beater", blah, blah, blah.