The October issue of Smithsonian magazine features excerpts from a new book "Listening in: The Secret White House Recordings of John F Kennedy" edited by Ted Widmer, the article focusing on a recording made at a friend's home just days after announcing his run. At one point Kennedy says that, to be successfully in politics –
"I think you have to be able to communicate a sense of conviction and intelligence and rather, some integrity." and again that "Those three qualities are really it."
Interesting article, and a statement that would seem to illustrate everything that is wrong with Romney's candidacy.