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Hillary Clinton and the RFK Remark
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MICHAEL E. SHELL
Silver Spring
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In mentioning the slaying of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in relation to her staying in the Democratic presidential race ["Remark About RFK Keeps Clinton on the Defensive," news story, May 26], Ms. Clinton missed the broader historical message.
When Kennedy's life was tragically cut short in 1968, the nomination did not go to the runner-up in the primaries. That would have been Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.). Instead, the Chicago convention nominated Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who hadn't entered a single primary.
The message is that even during the most extreme circumstances, major party nominations aren't awarded by default. They still have to be won.
CHRISTOPHER P. NICHOLSON
Sterling
