CT logic: 'We didn't see it, so it didn't happen'
A favorite quote of certain CTers around here (Martin and/or Colin, I think) goes something like 'Evidence of absence is not necessarily absence of evidence' They use it all the time except in instances like this, of course.
The fact is Kennedy would not likely have worn the back brace
over the shirt in pubic, and although I've seen photos of him wearing a vest, no one made mention of him wearing a vest that day afaik.
Kennedy
et al went to great lengths to conceal his many infirmities, and for obvious reasons
Especially before the upcoming election, in a state where 'men are men'
and you better not look like a pussy, by gum.