Chode

Certainly. A monumental piece of bad judgment thinking that he could muster support for the war by lying to America, and a lesson to all later politicians that the real interests of the nation are never furthered by falsehoods and distortions, particularly where the lives of U.S. servicemen are at risk.

But, realizing that his policy in Vietnam was a failure, he subsequently declined to run for a second term and began the process of extricating America from Vietnam. He also championed the Civil Rights movement even though he was well aware of how this would damage the Democratic Party's support in the South and among conservative Americans.

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Sweet!