Nation: The Voters: We Want Teddy!

A TIME poll shows Chappaquiddick is a fading issue

Chappaquiddick. It is supposed to be the big hurdle between Ted Kennedy and the presidency. But a new TIME poll shows that 79% of American voters think that the time has come to put aside the incident and judge the Senator on what he has done in the nine years since then. More than 75% state flatly that Chappaquiddick would not be enough to sway their vote against him if they felt that he were the best man. Despite Kennedy's denials, a majority of the voters...

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