what is also clear is once maccarthy altered in the beginning of the end of maccarthy has been eisenhower directed his subordinates not to testify about conversations and the white house, that he invoked executive privilege in order to do that come to power by the way he probably did not have heard that the home of the constitutional conversation. he invoked privileges he may or may not have had and used it to cut off access to maccarthy. that is the beginning of the end of maccarthy. at the end of 1954 he came in early 53, but in the 54, mccarthy was done. said that is too long and i think the country would have been better off had he been cut off earlier. but once he was caught off comeliness cut off thoroughly and permanently. >> the words i thought would come up about eisenhower was patients. he had a patient's test the patience of an old man, really that people don't have today. he knew, i think in his heart how these things are going to hand and probably even had a timeframe in his mind. in doing books on the presidency , really books designed to show what it a president dies, i cam