Thanks to the Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson's memory is a beleaguered one. And the final irony for a man who was so determined to stamp his mark on history is that, although his death ruled the headlines when it occurred, it has come to be overshadowed by that other thing that happened 40 years ago today.
We cats have our problems with LBJ, but we'll say this: We're sorry that he died too young to have made peace with his turbulent Presidency. But we think he would have been mighty pleased with that speech yesterday — and with the man who gave it.
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