[risk seeking behaviour]
> As for the assassinations, we might dip into the conspiracy theory waters
Emlyn
> a bit and speculate that John and Robert Kennedy took excessive risks
> at the level where real power is wielded behind the scenes. Maybe they
> crossed the wrong people, refused to go along with the system, tried
> bluffing people who were playing for keeps. Being President was not
> enough, it was necessary to raise the stakes even further. Eventually
> they pushed too hard and were eliminated, making it look like a deranged
> assassin. (This is more plausible in the case of John than Robert,
>
> Hal
>
Remember that post a while back about the life expenctancies of world
leader, and how there is a real big chance of death while in office? Being
President is risk seeking behaviour in itself.