Listen2 LBJ Discuss McCain's Dad's Promo
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Listen2 LBJ Discuss McCain's Dad's Promo
| Fri, 10-31-2008 - 3:40am |
Ghosts from the past? McCain then and McCain now. Wow, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
"Is McCain a competent fellow?"
When President Johnson asked that question about John McCain's father, Adm. Jack McCain, the answer he got was not flattering. But McCain got a promotion from LBJ anyway.
Editor's note: Listen to President Johnson's conversation with Defense Secretary McNamara about Jack McCain here. Listen to Johnson discuss Jack McCain with Sen. Everett Dirksen here. Correspondence between Johnson, Dirksen, McCain and Johnson aide Jack Valenti can be seen here.
By Tom Brune

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Listen to President Johnson's conversation with Defense Secretary McNamara about Jack McCain
Listen to Johnson discuss Jack McCain with Sen. Everett Dirksen
Oct. 29, 2008 | As the Republican nominee for president this year, John McCain is running as a maverick against Washington,

