And FWIW, Barry Goldwater was dead wrong in quite a number of things and grew less and less Conservative, as he aged.
He grew more and more Libertarian as he aged, and from what I was taught, a Conservative is someone who believes less government is better, a liberal is someone who believes bigger government is better.
This country would be alot better off if Barry Goldwater had won and I am willing to say it. Barry Goldwater was the reason that my parents stopped being Dixiecrats.