1968

Truth be told, I was too young to remember Bobby Kennedy's campaign or MLK or Malcolm or JFK.

But a lot of people older than me who I have worked with on the Obama campaign have talked to me about 1968 and what Bobby Kennedy's candidacy meant to them.

One Obama supporter told me that was the year she shut down from politics, deciding that she could not handle the heartache. It was then that a cynicism about the political process took root in her and she "turned her face to the wall" and vowed never to care so much again.

Another fellow told me about the hope and inspiration he felt working on the Obama campaign, and his experience as a young volunteer on Bobby Kennedy's campaign.

It was then that he broke into tears and described the moment he saw Bobby riding by in his campaign convertible, touring through a crowded Los Angeles street.

He couldn't finish his sentence.

What I've learned from them is that something got lost in the 1960s. Something new and fresh and idealistic.

And for these people, who are now in their 50s and 60s, the Obama campaign symbolizes the opportunity to finish what got truncated. To close the circle, so to speak.

So, in remembrance of 1968, here is a slideshow of Bobby Kennedy's campaign from Vanity Fair, called "The Heartbreak Campaign" and an interview with the busboy Juan Romero, who was with RFK in his last moments.