To say the least. Rose wanted to leave him shortly after they got married but got talked out of it by her parents who were devout Catholics, so for all her marriage he put up with his womanizing, the secret lobotomy of her daughter and his abusive conduct in general. She paid a dear price in losing her children.

JFK made a great comment on the rumors that his father basically bought him the West Virginia Primary which clinched the nomination and later votes in Chicago which won him the election. Paraphrasing, he said my father only paid for a victory, not for a landslide.