Are you serious? With all due respect this an extremely distorted and unbalanced comparison.
That woman hit this man, and went out to talk to him while he was dying in her windsheild in her garage. And she PURPOSELY let him die.
This is NOWHERE near the equivalent of driving into a canal, barely escaping with your own life, probably thinking the other person died in the accident and freaking out and running.
There is plenty of insane political rhetoric to attack Ted Kennedy over. Resorting to these kinds of mindless accusations over Chappaquiddic only detract from the real issues.
Probably?
And heading back into town, and taking a nap. And, 8 hours later, calling the police (but only after contacting a lawyer).
You're clearly being deliberately obtuse on this issue.
Once again you conjecture as to what he may have been thinking. Judging from his own statements, he did not appear to be thinking about her at all, only his own future political life.