vincent peel cosigned a letter saying don t for john kennedy because then we ll have the pope telling what s to do. it s a reminder that for all their wealth and power, the kennedys are still outsiders. my grandmother rose being irish catholic always felt that she was not accepted by the wasps, the white anglo-saxon protestants. my grandfather joe kennedy once read in the paper a description of himself as an irishman, and he said when are they going to stop calling me irish? i m an american. as the people of west virginia prepare to vote, what do you think the result will be? well, i hope we re going to do well, but i guess we ll know better by the time the votes are counted. the west virginia primary is a make or break moment for the kennedys. jack kennedy had to show that he could win in a state that was 98% protestant. if you could win in west