It would be nice if one of these critics would give one example of what a vile sociopath McCarthy was. They never do. They seem to believe that if you call someone enough names, you can destroy his reputation. Oh, isn't that what they accuse McCarthy of doing.
He drank too much and he made some Communist sympathizers cry.
In other words, he was a lot like PJ O'Rourke, only he was a Senator.