John McCormack's refusal to stand in for LBJ as a favorite son at the 1968 Massachusetts Democratic National Convention; LBJ's campaign weakness; LBJ's efforts to win the Kennedy family's favor; the lack of loyalty of JFK's staff members to LBJ; 1964 vice presidential nominee possibilities, including Robert Kennedy; relationship between LBJ, Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy and Hubert Humphrey; Corcoran's belief that LBJ brought an equilibrium to the US; how LBJ was deceived by Robert McNamara in regard to Vietnam; how making college more accessible hurt the military and its academies; the inability of the military to attract well-qualified candidates; Corcoran's work in the 1968 presidential campaign.
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Citation
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 31, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-corcorant-19690909-3-na-corcoran