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As obituaries have pointed out, e.g., http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-john-tunney-snap-20180112-story.html he was actually a quite accomplished freshman senator, and his image as a "lightweight" or "playboy" was quite unfair. If he had defeated Hayakawa in 1976--and it was a fairly close race--might he not have gone on to be on the national Democratic ticket in some future year? (E.g., if he gets re-elected in 1982 and 1988, maybe Clinton taps him as his running mate in 1992...)

Perhaps a POD for his defeating Hayakawa in 1976 would be for him not to be weakened by Tom Hayden's primary challenge: https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=292292
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