15-06-2018, 08:06 PM
I think I did read the Shaw book, although all these books on that subject kind of blur together since there is a lot of redundancy. (I'm referring to biographies on Humphrey, Dirsken, Carl Mundt, etc.)
I guess my recollection was about any legislative accomplishments of JFK. It seems like you can divide Senators of this period into three categories:
1. Senators who sponsored a lot of successful legislation or attained leadership positions.
2. Senators who mostly operated in secret investigative committies to the exclusion of "out in the open" activities and,
3. Senators who were mostly there as a podium for talking and as a stepping stone for other stuff (like, say, Senator John Sherman Cooper).
It seems like (correct me if I'm wrong), JFK fell into the third category.
James Lateer
I guess my recollection was about any legislative accomplishments of JFK. It seems like you can divide Senators of this period into three categories:
1. Senators who sponsored a lot of successful legislation or attained leadership positions.
2. Senators who mostly operated in secret investigative committies to the exclusion of "out in the open" activities and,
3. Senators who were mostly there as a podium for talking and as a stepping stone for other stuff (like, say, Senator John Sherman Cooper).
It seems like (correct me if I'm wrong), JFK fell into the third category.
James Lateer