Yep. He never accomplished anything after "All the president's men"
Bernstein is like a the small town high school football star, who made the play that won the big game against Milhous High during his senor year. You know him. He's the guy who never did anything since then. For 40 years he's been hanging around town, frequenting the bars, and reliving the "big game" as snickering barflies ply him with drink.