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What if Robert Kennedy was injured slightly less severely when Sirhan tried to assassinate him and managed to pull through and be well enough to continue his campaign for the Presidency? Would sympathy for his having been attacked improve his chances of winning the Democratic nomination? And if he did win the nomination, could he beat Nixon?

What would an RFK Presidency look like? Compared to modern politicians even Nixon seems pretty liberal, and RFK was considered something of a radical reformer even in his own time. A Universal Healthcare plan seems very possible, as well as a continuation and expansion of Great Society style anti-poverty programs.
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