Was Edward Kennedy a liar, a coward, an idiot, or all three?

All and none. Realize that Teddy didn't care about anything or anyone except his own power and glory. Unlike the present president, who cares about power glory and his socialist agenda, Ted never made it to the "top office", but he cowered in a post that didn't make him as big of a target and just used the aged, undereducated and poor as tools to his own power-hungry end. The current president does the same, only while accepting the danger of the position.