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Joyce Carol Oates On Ted Kennedy

Joyce Carol Oates, whose 1992 novel Black Water was based on the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick, looks at the legacy of Ted Kennedy. She asks, "if one weighs the life of a single young woman against the accomplishments of the man President Obama has called the greatest Democratic senator in history, what is one to think?" It's not an easy question.