[DPB101]

Cohn and Bobby Kennedy actually came to blows over who was going to be the lead lawyer for the committee,

If only Bobby had gotten the job, history would have been very different. Just a coincidence, I supposed, that after the Kennedys were killed there were no more Democrats of note who opposed communism, fought the mob and busted corrupt unions.

[Gurn]

In the movie (an HBO production, I think) "Citizen Cohn", Roy Cohn is shown lobbying McCarthy for the Chief Counsel's job, then held by RFK.

Cohn's rationale was that with so many suspected communists' being Jews, it would be better -- as a shield from prospective charges of anti-semitism -- to have a Jew, rather than a Catholic, being the bad guy.

Don't know if that's true, but it seems plausible.

[johnb838]

It is time for McCarthy to be rehabilitated. Because he was right. The commies were and are everywhere. Especially in the State Department and Hollywood.

[weegee]

I suspect that when this logo is unfurled:

...it really says this:

[TheCrusader]

Sigh, I too remember the days when Democrats weren't Communists. By today's standards, JFK would be a staunch conservative.