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"Some men see things as they are and say 'Why?' I dream things that never were and say, 'Why not?'" is actually from George Bernard Shaw. I mention this only because Bobby always credited the original author.

I remember reading in one memoir of the last campaign that RFK used it so often to end speeches that his dog learned to head for the bus when it heard the words "As George Bernard Shaw said..."

My niece went to see "Bobby" with me when it came out. Up to that point all she really knew about RFK was that he had been killed when he was running for president. After the movie, she told me she didn't know there were politicians like that (outside of Wellstone whom she had met). When Wellstone died (almost 5 years now) one of my nephews asked me how long I was going to be sad about it. I told him I could still cry over Bobby Kennedy so he could plan on it being a long time.

Thirty-nine years and I'm still crying.