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Nixon campaign in 1972 and had uncovered evidence that the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Senator Thomas Eagleton, had undergone electric-shock therapy for depression years earlier, would you release this information to the press

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Personally, if I were a candidate, no. It would raise suspicion as to how I got such confidential medical information, and it would alienate the American population which suffers from depression. It furthers an anti-mental-health stigma. If Nixon released this, for me that tops Watergate morally.Step-by-step explanation:

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Personally, if I were a candidate, no. It would raise suspicion as to how I got such confidential medical information, and it would alienate the American population which suffers from depression. It furthers an anti-mental-health stigma. If Nixon released this, for me that tops Watergate morally.
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