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...Eagleton himself seemed philosophical. Said he: "I never had the burning ambition to be President that some people have. I'm not a Kennedy in that regard. My be-all and end-all since I was eleven was to get to the U.S. Senate." Should he ever be unexpectedly tapped again, he joked: "The first thing I'm going to do is ask, 'Do you know about my health problem?' " He also admitted to a vast relief that his history is now out in the open and no longer something hidden and always threatening his present...
...along, the Eagletons worried about the effect on their two children, Christie, 9, and Terry, 13. So far there seem to be no scars. Says Barbara Eagleton: "Christie has been a blithe spirit. The only thing she knows is that her social life has escalated fantastically. She's the most popular person in our neighborhood. Terry is at camp, where there's almost a news blackout." Tom called his son there to advise him to ignore any teasing he might receive and reported: "It sounded perfect. He's not thinking about me, he's thinking about...
Hours after his ordeal ended, Eagleton wryly told a TV audience: "I'm not going to go around the country giving lectures on mental health." But after a day's reflection, he remarked that he might devote some of his future time in the Senate to promoting the cause of mental health. For the present, he looked forward to a previously planned vacation at Delaware's Bethany Beach, then some campaigning in the fall for the Democratic ticket...
...week's end his transition back to the relative privacy of a Senator's life was almost complete. His appointments schedule promised eventually to subside to a more sedate routine, and Eagleton's atmosphere had cleared like the aftermath of a severe and flukish summer storm...
...TIME discovered that, ironically, one group that did not support the idea of Eagleton for Vice President was made up of other former victims of depression who themselves have received shock treatments (see BEHAVIOR...