Bobby Kennedy's Defamation of McCarthy

RFK defended McCarthy like him, and he would tell his friends who questioned his allegiances at the time. Cone had more experience as a lawyer and was also just a better lawyer than Bobby Kennedy. RFK never forgot or forgave Cone. Many years later, when Cone and RFK were by chance seated in the same section of a popular Manhattan restaurant, Cone turned to Bobby and said which one of us is going to ask the waiter to move.