When President Johnson asked that question about John McCain's father, Adm. Jack McCain, the answer he got was not flattering. But McCain got a promotion from LBJ anyway.Editor's note: Listen to President Johnson's conversation with Defense Secretary McNamara about Jack McCain here. Listen to Johnson discuss Jack McCain with Sen. Everett Dirksen here. Correspondence between Johnson, Dirksen, McCain and Johnson aide Jack Valenti can be seen here.
By Tom Brune-Salon.com
