“And what year was that? I thought in his older years he had made comments that were so much different than that..... But my memory ain’t what it used to be”
That was in 64, but you may be right that he repented to an extent later in life. Or maybe that was Wallace.
Wallace apologized for his race-baiting past quite profusely. He was a changed man after years of agony.
In 1964 times were very different. Both Wallace and Maddox went through changes (as did many others) that brought them into the 20th century.
Byrd even in later years tried to deny that he was KKK or that it is was bad because it was wrong. But then Bobby Byrd owned W.Va. and felt he was the only one who knew anything. As much as I disliked him it would be a joy to have him hammering Harry Reid and Obama for their fecklessness