Walter Kennedy is a descendent of former New England President, John F. Kennedy, who himself was a descendant of the former United States president of the same name. Walter Kennedy is a member of the Anchor party, but in a break from party doctrine, he is an advocate for the nationalization of the nation's hospitals. Kennedy is a believer in a a public health care system with easy access to the best doctors and the best procedures, and as a lawyer, he won cases against Pfizer Quigley and some of their hospital practices that placed profit before patient safety or health.