Without putting it back in his pants, he would begin a conversation, still holding it, “and shaking it, as if he was showing off,” says one man with whom he did this. He asked another man, “Have you ever seen anything as big as this.”
Okay, perhaps Johnson was crude as hell, but wouldn't you have loved seeing him try this stunt on Barbara Boxer?
Caro is obviously a liberal and you have to read beyond his slander of any conservative politicians. But, the book is fascinating in its description of how things got done in the Senate of the 1950s---and how Johnson became the master of the Senate in a few short years.
Funny thing is that all of the reviewers say that this book presents Johnson in a better light than the first two books!