As the idea of Détente moved forward one central goal for the west was the promotion of human rights. One of the central objectives of the West was the promotion of human rights because methods of repression, intimidation, denial of access to studies, denial to work, imprisonment or dismissal for political reasons were used.
The answer could be that how his family and White House mislead the public about his illness. James Reston comments that journalists do not take the health of candidates seriously and that needs to change.
He was called a trustbuster because he broke up monopolies and gave power back to the people from the corporatist that brought us the Republican Great Depression.