jr. said the book is an inaccurate and unfair portrayal of our family. patrick kennedy appeared earlier this morning on morning joe and was asked how the book has impacted his relationship with his family. everything s changed since this book in terms of my relationship with my brother, my relationship with other members of my family, my mother s kind of disavowed through her friend. this is difficult stuff. and as i said, when i was working on this parity law, no one wanted to be the author because no one wanted the words mental health and addiction next to their name so any story where someone is accused of having an illness, by the way, it s an l illness, my family does not want to be identified with a medical illness, that should tell you something about the shame and