We have no TV reception. Does the show point out what good friends and supporters they were of Joe McCarthy? Joe McCarthy is actually Kathleen Kennedy Townsend’s (Robert’s daughter) Godfather.
I don’t believe that was mentioned.
It isn’t so much that the Ks were good friends of Joe McCarthy. Joe, Sr., wanted his boys’ stars to rise with McCarthy’s. What better way to assure that than having the best known senator in the country stand as godfather? McCarthy hired Bobby as one of several counsels to his subcommittee in the Senate and did not campagn for Henry Cabot Lodge against Jack in the Mass. Senate race. Both were favors to Joe, Sr., who did actively support JRM. Neither Kennedy son ever publicly recognized JRM’s support or friendship during McCarthy’s later battles.
Nevertheless, much as I detest most of the Kennedys, Bobby’s grasp of political campaigning is still unmatched. “Ethyl” is right in the movie when she consoles Bobby after his primary loss in Washington: “Jack had YOU.”