No Teddy Kennedy tributes?

I noticed the following in an American-written obituaron on Teddy Kennedy - "There were also humiliations along the way, drinking and womanising ...". Surely these are hobbies, not humiliations.

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I noticed the following in an American-written obituaron on Teddy Kennedy - "There were also humiliations along the way, drinking and womanising ...". Surely these are hobbies, not humiliations.

Here's the best article I read after his death:
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn08282009.html