[kstewskis]

. LBJ joined the ticket because he wanted to be President and saw the VP slot as a stepping-stone to get a following outside the south.

Ah ha. Thanks Ditto! Makes a lot of sense. Kinda makes you wonder just *how bad* LBJ wanted the White House, but I guess that's for the conspirator theorists to ponder through. ;-)

[Ditto]

I don't think he wanted it bad enough to kill, but he wanted it bad. But he ended up with it, and it destroyed him.