Even though aides to Caroline Kennedy are already denying that her decision to remove her name from consideration to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate was related to her uncle’s health concerns, some close to the Massachusetts senator say the damage is already done. “He is crazy about her. He encouraged her,” a source told Time. “But using him as an excuse, as though things were on the downward spiral, is not going to be okay with him.” Man, you can’t win even when you step out of competition to avoid losing. [Time]
