Made Jack News Today

Backed. >> he was quite resolute that he wasnt going to run. but it became quite clear we couldnt go through another four years of the johnson presidency. >> part of him said you dont undertake something unless you think you can win. part of him said you have to do whats right. >> while bobby anguished, another anti-war candidate stepped up, minnesota senator eugene mccarthy. in march 1968, mccarthy, a virtual unknown, proved johnsons clear vulnerability, losing the new hampshire primary to the ...

You let mccarthy pave the way and followed in his wake. even if it was ill-timed, an inopportune time to do it, but he did it. so he was off and running. >> robert kennedys passionate 1968 campaign had little in common with the well-oiled kennedy campaign machine that made jack president eight years earlier. the bobby kennedy campaign, what was different about that from what you remember and knew about the jack kennedy campaign? >> well, it was a lot less organized. as you know, my father was ve...

He was a lonely kid who all his life, especially in his youth, was all alone out there reading books of heroes. he was always sick. i think he had 9 record at choate for the most times in the infirmary. it was always like that, going to chelsea hospital or boston baptist, away for the longest time, sick and alone, reading history, becoming a love of history. hes 14 years old and read church hills history of world war i. he read "new york times" every day at school. he got it by mail, i guess. he...

Hes thinking hes dying and no one comes to see him, and jackie had that right. some of that is mother-in-law to daughter-in-law, but jackie said he was a lonely kid who all hisl his life, eye specially in his youth, was reading books about heroes. i think he had the record at most times in the infirmry. he was always going off to chelsea hospital or boston baptist, sick and alone, reading histo history, and becoming a love of history, first king arthur, then winston churchhill. he read "new york...