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Nixon's office and even told newspaper columnist charles bartlett, a close friend, that he would vote for nixon for president if he, jack, didn't get the nomination. but jack kennedy was not one to let political fellowship affect his game. >> good evening. the television -- >> kennedy's team knew that the new medium of television was the way to persuade voters. his suntanned radiant image was worth a thousand words and hundreds of thousands of votes. to exploit his edge on the tube, they brought in bill wilson, a seasoned tv producer. in the first presidential debate, wilson made sure viewers ...

>> in the state of oregon, do give jack an enthusiastic and overwhelming endorsement. >> when jack's senate seat came open in 1962, his father joe made the call, declaring that ted, all of 30 years old, would be the candidate. >> jack and bobby did not want ted to run for the senate. they felt he was too young. >> joe said, no, it's his turn now. he helped you. you help him. >> there are hot times brewing on the democratic political scene. at the state democratic convention, edward j. mccormick, 38-year-old nephew of house speaker mccormick, seeks the party nomination for senator. in a contest...

>> everyone here will ultimately be judged, will ultimately judge himself on the efforts he has contributed to building a new world society. >> it is the glory and the greatness of our traditions to speak for those who have no voice, to remember those who are forgotten. three of the four kennedy brothers died in the service of our country -- joe in world war ii, jack as president, and bobby fighting to end a war. we'll remember them by how they made politics, government, and our national life so much grander, so much more exciting, more vital. yes, they were tough, and yes, they made a differe...

>> in 1946, 29-year-old jack ran for congress for massachusetts' 11th district, cutting in front of local politicians waiting patiently for the seat to open. the year before he died, while beginning to dictate his memoirs, jack confessed to having been something of a carpetbagger. >> i was an outsider, really. i'd never lived very much in the district. my family roots were there, but i'd lived in new york ten years. on top of that, i had gone to harvard, not a particularly popular institution at that time in the 11th congressional district. >> the kennedy tactics in 1946 would be used in succe...

Just 90 miles away. >> we will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the course of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth. >> jack's key advisor during the 13 days of the cuban crisis was his old campaign manager. together, the kennedy brothers came up with a creative solution. the u.s. put a naval quarantine in place while secretly agreeing to pull obsolete u.s. missiles out of turkey. in exchange, the soviets removed their missiles from cuba. the crisis was averted. it was the kennedys' finest hour. what did your dad say about it afterwards? >> ...