[Bernard Marx]

did McCarthy's tactics advance the cause of anti-Communism by one iota? No.

So is it your point that he should have kept quiet about Communist spying at the highest levels of the U.S. government? Who else was out there advancing the cause of anti-communism?

[Poohbah]

So is it your point that he should have kept quiet about Communist spying at the highest levels of the U.S. government?

There's a right way and a wrong way to open one's mouth, and McCarthy opted for the wrong way.

[Physicist]

So is it your point that he should have kept quiet about Communist spying at the highest levels of the U.S. government? Who else was out there advancing the cause of anti-communism?

I don't believe he was advancing the cause of anti-communism. He talked about the cause of anti-communism. He reminds me of the Public Health Director Dr. Almus Pickerbaugh in the novel Arrowsmith, who had no better idea about fighting infectious disease than to hold public rallies promoting the notion of health.