Kennedy on Kennedy
It may be that I am abnormal. I got all teary-eyed reading the introduction to Kennedy's autobiography, especially since we all know the outcome. A sad story in an inspiring family. Let's focus on the inspiration side.
Mid-way through the book (Kennedy, 230) we start to hear how it felt to be Bobby Kennedy, especially as a new Senator. He had a choice: he could do what all junior Senators did, namely, knuckle down, do his homework, and keep quiet, or he could act differently from the norm. He was the brother of a President. He'd already been Attorney General. How should he act as a freshman Senator?
"Bobby decided that he would take on issues that championed America's dispossessed, such as antipoverty bills and further civil rights reform. He searched out injustices and moral causes. His involvement in them lent them a sense of urgency they might not otherwise have inspired. As he grew and learned, he became more and more interested in people, as opposed to abstract issues (Kennedy, 230)."
Reference
Kennedy, Edward M. True Compass. A Memoir. Twelve. 2009.