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Interesting perspective on a man who helped change history. McCarthy's challenge to Johnson knocked the Prez out of the ring. (I played a miniscule part in that, as I supported Gene in his first campaign and even collected signatures for him. I was in high school at the time and was too young to vote. I supported McCarthy as an alternative to Johnson, who I regarded as hopeless for the country.)

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Presidential candidate Sen. Eugene McCarthy, D-Minn., left, and his wife, Abigail, celebrate in Portland, Ore., in this May 29, 1968, file photo after the senator's victory in the Oregon Democratic presidential primary was forecast. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968 and forced the Democratic Party to take seriously his message against the Vietnam War, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005. He was 89. (AP Photo)

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Presidential candidate Sen. Eugene McCarthy, D-Minn., discusses his defeat in this Aug. 29, 1968, file photo. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968 and forced the Democratic Party to take seriously his message against the Vietnam War, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005. He was 89. (AP Photo/file)