<p>Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy fiercely defended disclosures about his storied family's health and alleged addictions in his new book Tuesday, saying that if he "can't talk about it, who can?"</p><p>“Well, it’s my story. You know, oftentimes you’re expected to keep your parents’ secrets and yet it will bedevil you your whole life because we all grow up to be our parents and everything that happens to us as children we live with for the rest of our lives.