but in the third book, he has it. he becomes the majority leader. the one thing i believe is that power reveals. you know, lord acon says all power corrupts. absolute power corrupts absolutely. i don t happen to think that s always true. what i think is always true is power reveals. johnson gets power and for the first time we see what he means to do with it. rose: robert caro for the hour, next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: robert caro is here. he is a two-time pulitzer prize-winning historian and biographer. he has spent more than 30 of his life chronicling the life of lyndon baines johnson. the year, the path to power. the years of lyndon johnson, master of the senate. and now this book. it is called the years of lyndon johnson: the pass annual of power. it is the passage of power from president kennedy to president johnson. it is a remarkable book. columnist george will said when the multi
it. he becomes the majority leader. the one thing i believe is that power reveals. you know, lord acon says all power corrupts. absolute power corrupts absolutely. i don t happen to think that s always true. what i think is always true is power reveals. johnson gets power and for the first time we see what he means to do with it. rose: robert caro for the hour, next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: robert caro is here. he is a two-time pulitzer prize-winning historian and biographer. he has spent more than 30 of his life chronicling the life of lyndon baines johnson. the year, the path to power. the years of lyndon johnson, master of the senate. and now this book. it is called the years of lyndon johnson: the pass annual of power. it is the passage of power from president kennedy to president johnson. it is a remarkable book. columnist george will said when the multivolume series is complete, it
it. but in the third book, he has it. he becomes the majority leader. the one thing i believe is that power reveals. you know, lord acon says all power corrupts. absolute power corrupts absolutely. i don t happen to think that s always true. what i think is always true is power reveals. johnson gets power and for the first time we see what he means to do with it. rose: robert caro for the hour, nex captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: robert caro is here. he is a two-time pulitzer prize-winning historian and biographer. he has spent more than 30 of his life chronicling the life of johnson.inessohnjon. the year, the path to power. the years of lyndon johnson, master of the senate. and now this book. it is called the years of lyndon johnson: the pass annual of power. it is the passage of power from president kennedy to president johnson. it is a remarkable book. columnist george will said when the multi
captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: robert caro is here. he is a two-time pulitzer prize-winning historian and biographer. he has spent more than 30 of his life chronicling the life of lyndon baines johnson. the year, the path to power. the years of lyndon johnson, master of the senate. and now this book. it is called the years of lyndon johnson: the pass annual of power. it is the passage of power from president kennedy to president johnson. it is a remarkable book. columnist george will said when the multivolume series is complete, it will rank as america s most ambitiously conceived, assiduously researched and compulsively readable political biography. i am pleased to have robert caro back at this table. welcome. glad to be back. rose: this engrossing volume span 1958 to 1964 is the fourth and presumably pen ultmat powell that began with passage of power. it showcases mr. caro s gift as a wri
rose: welcome to the program. tonight, a summertime encore presentation of our conversation with robert caro, author of the the years of lyndon johnson, passage of power. has your opinion of him evolved? or is it just he s evolved? yeah, that s such a good question. my opinion of him hasn t changed. he s still the same lyndon johnson. i mean, his character was formed in this terrible boyhood. he doesn t change. the first two books are basically about a man who is desperate, hungry for power and he wants to get it. he ll steal an election. he ll do whatever i say he did in the first two books to get it. but in the third book, he has it. he becomes the majority leader. the one thing i believe is that power reveals. you know, lord acon says all power corrupts. absolute power corrupts absolutely. i don t happen to think that s always true. what i think is always true is power reveals. johnson gets power and for the first time we see what he means to do with it. rose: r