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we usually hear that from meacham and then we have to hear about shea's rebellion so we're glad it's you. this book is an update i think of one of my favorite movies, "mrashington." but unlike frank kappa, this is a lot more clear eyed, a lot tougher work at washington than '54 and the parallels to 2018 pretty frightening. >> the main character, charlie martyr, is a young idealistic republican congressman, eisenhower republican. comes to congress with his very strong wife margaret. he wants to do good. i've seen this. i'm sure everybody here has seen this. good people coming to washington, trying to do good. then bit by bit, they compromise in order to achieve what they want. the next thing you know, after taking one foot into the swamp and another foot into the swamp, they don't know how to get out and they've lost their way. and then the other thing of course is i couldn't read about the mccarthy era, you can't read about it without hearing echoes today to president trump. obviously mccarthy and trump are very different people. mccarthyism and trumpism, very different. but the idea of a major political figure who as part of his strategy, his politica