ham-fisted, desperate, bareknuckle politics that it required for him to survive chappaquiddick, he used up all the magic. there was no magic left. before chappaquiddick, the kennedys were part of the story that americans told and after that they were just another political family that used political power for self-preservation. they could never go back. >> nearly 50 years had passed but for some the truth about what actually happened remains as murky. [inaudible] the bridge has been rebuilt and life for residents of this claimant destination has long since returned to normal, but the story lives on. the story that, in large part due to only one main eyewitness has become one of the most scrutinized in the history of the american public.