and army of 50,000 under joseph johnson.d a tendency to grossly exaggerate the number of enemy forces he was facing, at the moment that he began his serious effort against richmond, a force of 40,000, was to come down from the north to join mcclellan who was approaching the army from the east and attack richmond from two directions. johnson appointed 50,000 men cote -- could not have stretched his lines to defend adequately against simultaneous attacks or even an attack by either of these forces given how far he would have had to stretch the line. even as somebody as cautious as mcclellan, lost under these circumstances. at that moment, jackson won the battle of winchester, push the small federal force out of the valley, lincoln's decision, it was offensive in nature, not based on fear, but it was the wrong decision. he took his eye off of the ball. he diverted is 40,000 men away from the movement against richmond, into the valley with the intention of mcdowell closing in behind jackson in the east while a small federal forc

>>> and 44 years ago, lyndon johnson got government-run, single-payer health carapaced by a wide margin. what can president obama learn from lbj? i'll ask joseph califano, a top aide to president johnson, in "the playbook." plus "ed-lines." the latest twist in the florida senate race. >>> first, tonight's "op ed." the angry mobs at health care town halls are getting angrier. fists are flying. in tampa, a town hall organized by the state democratic party was shut down when a crowd of several hundred protesters tried to force its way into the meeting room. congresswoman kathy caster gave up trying to speak after 15 minutes of being shouted down. at least one punch was thrown. in st. louis, health care reform supporters started shouting at health care reform opponents. there was pushing, there was shoving, and six people were arrested. what's driving these protests? we got a glimpse in pueblo, colorado, where the conservative interest group patients first made a stop on its c

joseph califono, special assistant to president johnson, he is now the chairman of the national center on addiction and substance abuse at columbia university and joins me now by phone. the struggle to pass medicare was not done in one legislative session. it was over a few years in the early '60s. and in the end, the vote was actually a very large vote in favor of it. including a surprising number of republicans, wasn't isn't it. >> yes, it was. i mean, remember, lyndon johnson, right after the tragic kennedy assassination, said he would fight for medicare as long as he could breathe. and until he had breath in his body. he actually had to kill a social security proposed increase in 1964 in order to keep the pressure on the senate and the house in 1965. but when it was passed, we had half the republicans in the house, 70 republicans for it. and we had almost half the republicans in the senate. there were a lot fewer than there are now but we had 13 out of about 30. so it -- and, you know, what you showed there is exactly right. that attack, we also were attacked, that medicare would i

johnson, abc 2 news. >>> police have the man they day was behind a murder last month thanks to the miami police department. joseph serial is charged with killing lamont gordon, jr. he shot gordon then took off for florida. serial was arrested on unrelated charges and linked to the murder. >>> powerful words from a grieving father after the man accused of stabbing hits -- daughter is deemed not criminally responsible. he walked into the store and stabbed 24-year-old woman as she was standing in line. briggs was committed to a hospital. in an e-mail and posted on the web site, her father wrote: my daughter deserved better than this from the justice system. he questioned the ruling that a mental issue was likely the root of the violence. briggs was found after the killing naked and preaching in a homeless shelter. >>> here we go, cash for clunkers, they lived to see another day. the senate vote on a plan to refuel the program. democrats have votes to pass the bill. we can take advantage of rebates of $4500 until labor day. barack obama said it will be broke by tomorrow if not refilled up by song. they better hurry u

i, lyndon baines johnson, do solnly swear... ..hat you will faithful execute... ..that i will faithfully ecute... ...the office of the psidency of the unitestates. narrator: josephendy's surviving sons watched from the sidelines ashe man who inherited their murdered brother's esidency assumed offi in his own right, and one was alread positioning himself to run for president. narrator: arou the world, robert kenne was seen as the inheritor his brother's legacy. ed harris: if you evetraveled with robert nnedy, you fod that he was like an americanock star. people grabbed at hi and touched him and forth. so, th is indicative of sort ofhe way he was trted, too, by t press, as a senator. rmally, a new senator would sort of be seen and noheard. he had no oppounity for that, had he bn so inclined. he was a national figure ready, d that made him very differe from any other senator. narrator: nnedy had always been reltless in pursuit of his broer's policies and s brother's enemies. now, he would be just as relentless in carving out aonstituency of his o, to the left of lyndojohnson, drawn om the dissatisfied, the poor, thyoung, blacks, inans and the miant workers of calif