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Ran the moment we were in. president kennedy had been killed. you'll recall president kennedy earlier that summer in june made a pretty powerful speech the night edgar was killed about civil rights. it was his early idea. you heard that in the conversation. it was martin luther king saying i hope you're going to do what kennedy -- >> jeopardized his re-election. >> exactly. johnson wants to take this up. there's a moment and despite all of the factions that you're describing, people recognize that this was the moment and it was important that you had a president who was willing to take advanta...