As the years went by, he discreetly mentioned the conversation to some journalists and other colleagues, but not to Gary Hart.
The time has come for that reticence to end.
She first became known as a key figure in a widely publicized 1987 political scandal that contributed to the end of the second campaign of former Senator for the nomination for.
She adds that she subsequently spoke at length with Reitman and was convinced the film would handle her story with compassion — a conclusion confirmed when she privately screened the film in August.
She told Fielder that a friend of hers, latter identified as Rice, had started an affair with Hart aboard a yacht chartered from Turnberry Isle and had invited the woman to come visit him in Washington.
While McGovern took only one state and the District of Columbia against Richard Nixon, no one blamed this on Hart.