Title: Why Did He Leave the Senate?
Review: I gave this book five stars because it did what it set out to do, namely, track the collapse of LBJ's mental state. There remains an unanswered question, though, that I did not see the book address. Why would Johnson leave his powerful role as Senate Majority Leader to assume the meaningless role of Vice President? Some accounts suggest he all but forced his way on the ticket by using (via J. E. Hoover) evidence of JFK's immense sexual appetites. Why would he do this unless he thought this was his only path to the Presidency?
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