different. first of all, he would have run against barry goldwater, as successful a campaign as lyndon johnson did. the majorities into the house and senate. he would have passed four imagine initiatives, tax cut, fed aid, and civil rights bill, as lbj did. what about vietnam? first, i would have said we would have been detent with him sooner than nixon. his whole impulse with that great speech in june of 63 was about thinking anew, afresh about our relations with the soviets. on vietnam, he was tremendously skeptical about putting in ground troops. george ball, the undersecretary of state said you put 2, 3 hundred thousands in the troops of the jungles, he said you ll never hear from them again, and he said you re crazy as hell. meaning he was skeptical.