But none had the immediate, incendiary effect of the Canuck letter. Muskie was particularly indignant about the newspaper’s focus on his wife, Broder wrote. Muskie loathed the media, and insiders on the Muskie campaign worried about his “tendency to emotional outburst,” White wrote. “Law enforcement sources said that probably the best example of the sabotage” was the Canuck letter, the story said. “The Canuck letter,” Muskie conceded, “definitely hurt us."

Source: Washington Post February 09, 2020 12:22 UTC