>> president johnson did believe this was a treasonous act, that ultimately led to an expanded war. >> and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> this was not just tinkering with a few votes. this cost us 20,000 american lives. i don't know how many thousand wounded. the cost of that was horrendous. it was treason. by any standard. >> those who said no to the war, draft dodgers, resisters, they were described as treasonous. if i would have known as a soldier in vietnam that nixon scuttled or certainly delayed for sure a peace proce...