Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not.

When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.

Let's just say me and Ted Kennedy wouldn't see eye to eye on many things. But this was about a little boy.

Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.

I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.

When Ted Kennedy found that out, he said,