Ted Kennedy got away with drowning a young woman and Jack Kennedy put us into into a land war in Asia.
What is it that you find admirable about them?
At least you admit none of the Kennedy's were scholars. That is a start.
Three of them died in service to their country. All of them served their country.
And getting us into Vietnam was a bipartisan fuckup, because it took a decade before anyone said, "Hey, this is a horrible idea!"
Now, yeah, I think it's pretty awful that Ted Kennedy was not held accountable for negiligent homicide, which probably would have ended his career if he weren't rich. Of course, lots of poor people get away with that, too.