Question: The Delegates were a novelty song group who scored a hit in the United States in 1972, Bob and the two record men made a record, with reporters asking questions of current politicians, involved in that year's presidential election, such as Thomas Francis "Tom" Eagleton, was a United States Senator from Missouri, serving from 1968 to what year?

The United States presidential election of 1972, the 47th quadrennial presidential election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972.  The Democratic Party’s nomination was eventually won by Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, who ran an anti-war campaign against Republican incumbent President Richard Nixon, but was handicapped by his outsider status, limited support from his own party, the perception of many voters that he was a left-wing extremist and the scandal that resulted from the withdrawal of vice-presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton. <SEP> In the United States, a physician gag law is a law that prohibits physicians from asking their patients about whether the patient owns a gun.  In some cases, these laws may also restrict the ability of physicians to counsel their patients about gun safety.  The term was first used to describe the "Firearm Owners' Privacy Act," a law that was supported by the National Rifle Association and passed in Florida in 2011, which prohibited doctors from “making written inquiry or asking questions concerning the ownership of a firearm or ammunition by the patient or by a family member of the patient.”  The law passed in Florida was later challenged by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and was blocked in 2012 when judge Marcia G. Cooke, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, issued an injunction against its implementation.  In 2014, Cooke's decision was reversed by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled to uphold the law.  Since 2011, twelve other states besides Florida have introduced similar laws, and although Florida's is the most restrictive in the country, similar (albeit watered-down) laws have been enacted in Minnesota, Missouri and Montana. <SEP> The Delegates were a novelty song group who scored a hit in the United States in 1972.  The "band" was actually Bob DeCarlo, the morning disc jockey at KQV in Pittsburgh, Penn.  Bob was approached by Nick Cenci and Nick Kousaleous, local Pittsburgh record moguls, to make a novelty record.  Bob and the two record men assembled "Convention '72," a "break-in" record which consisted of Bob "imitating" several popular television reporters of the day, including Walter Cronkite ("Walter Klondike"), Chet Huntley ("Sidney Bruntley" as a flamboyantly gay reporter - for some reason), David Brinkley ("David Stinkley"), and Harry Reasoner ("Larry Reasoning") asking questions of current politicians involved in that year's presidential election (such as Thomas Eagleton, Sargent Shriver, Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Martha Mitchell, Jane Fonda and Henry Kissinger) at a joint national "Get Together" convention of Republicans and Democrats, with the responses given as lines from popular songs of the day (in a manner analogous to that made famous by Dickie Goodman).  The tunes sampled in "Convention '72" were (with the artist on the recording): <SEP>  He is best remembered for briefly being the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972.  He suffered from bouts of depression throughout his life, resulting in several hospitalizations, which were kept secret from the public.  When they were revealed it humiliated the McGovern campaign and Eagleton was forced to quit the race. Thomas Francis "Tom" Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was a United States Senator from Missouri, serving from 1968 to 1987.  He later became adjunct professor of public affairs at Washington University in St. Louis.