Composition of the Policy Committee; Rayburn’s decision not to serve as chairman of the Democratic National Convention; Paul Butler and his role; liberals and the Democratic National Committee; LBJ’s lack of commitment to his candidacy for the presidential nomination; JFK’s campaign; civil rights bill; U-2 incident and LBJ’s reaction to it; the federal pay raise; the Sugar Act; Medicare; pre-convention campaign trip opening and closing of national campaign headquarters; John Connally and the campaign; LBJ announces; the Addison's Disease story; national convention in Los Angeles’ LBJ accepts the VP nomination; Rayburn and Nixon; Connally and LBJ; RFK; Acapulco trip; LBJ’s contribution to the ticket; the Jewish vote; the Adolphus Hotel incident and its results; contrasting of Dallas and Houston.