My, what an unbiased article you dug up! How clever. Pardon my skepticism, but you aren't dealing with facts here. I have never heard that he knew Ms. Kopechne well. I do not think that is true. Odd that you would refer to her as "his Mary Jo". How long had they been seeing each other seriously? Had he sexually bullied her into getting in the car? What proof do you have that he was drunk? What proof do you have that he was driving? What proof do you have that he just shrugged his shoulders and walked away? Would I be correct in answering, "none"?

Saving her would have been the thing that made things easier for him. Calling her, "his ary Jo" is just the oddest thing that I have ever seen.