Conversation so far:
What did he try?
In his last general election as leader, in May 2005.
What was his strategy?
election targeting the seats held by the most senior and/or highly regarded Conservative MPs, dubbed a "decapitation" strategy.
Waht did this do?
the Conservatives would be discredited as the official opposition allowing Kennedy and the Liberal Democrats to claim that they were the "effective opposition.

Question: Did this work out the way he wanted?
Self-contained rewrite: Did the election targeting work out the way Charles Kennedy wanted?