was killed. he couldn't get his tax cut through. he couldn't get civil rights through. it was really his death and the way johnson exploited that, national speeches after that that kind of allowed it to get through. also johnson knew how to work with the senate. he brought in the finance committee chairman and said, you know, what do you need to get this tax cut through? if i remember, he said something like i need the budget to be under $100 billion. he's like, fine. >> johnson was a political animal in that sense. >> we'll make that happen if you give me the tax cut. kennedy was not in that nitty-gritty legislative style. he hadn't been able to make that happen. >> the mud of politics. the way kennedy framed the issues of the moment, not only his moral stance on civil rights, ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country, the peace corps as it is in the 20th