Lyndon Johnson and Mac Wallace - by Joan Mellen

[Tom Bowden]

I have never believed LBJ was the mastermind or even facilitator before the fact. However, too much emphasis has been placed on Wallace being a political operative of LBJ. He certainly was during the 40's and 50's for various reasons including the fact that he was fooling around with Josefa. However by the early 60's he had become a liability and an embarrassment with his drinking and carousing. Cliff Carter was apparently his only friend in the inner circle. I am sure he was trying to find a way to ingratiate himself back into his 1950's role.