. >> richard goodwin, is he still alye? >> yeah, he was a kennedy aide and then a johnson aide. he's probably best remembered for having been the young congressional staff attorney in the 1959-1960 television game show scandal, the hearings. but he came into the johnson administration at moyers' beck and call as a speech writer. he's most famously known for having coined the term "the great society." he wrote most of the text that survived that johnson delivered at the university of michigan in 1964, in which he launched the great society. goodwin was a kennedy-ite, one of several that stayed to work with johnson. he later broke with the montana over vietnam. >> and you say he supported jew yeen -- eugene mccarthy in 1968? >> mccarthy was a hapless presidential candidate. they had to bring in goodwin in new hampshire in early january of 1968 in order to save the campaign. >> this is not substantive. this is richard goodwin making a speech back in 1997 about lyndon johnson but you weave this kind of thing through the book. let's watch. >> one day i was up and the -- i was summone

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brian: is richard goodwin still alive? joshua: yes, he had a number of roles under john kennedy. he is probably best remembered as a young congressional staff attorney during the 1960 tv television game show scandal hearings. he came into the johnson administration as a speechwriter. he is known for having coined the term "the great society." he wrote most of the text that survived that johnson delivered at the university of michigan when he launched the great society. good one was one of those who -- goodwin was one of those who work with the president, but then he broke with him over vietnam. brian: and you say he supported mccarthy in 1968? joshua the hapless residential : -- the hapless presidential candidate, mccarthy, new hampshire in early january of 1968 was with good one in new hampshire. brian: this is about litton johnson. but you weaved this kind of thing throughout the book. let's watch. [begin video clip] >> he was in the presidential bedroom. "dick,d a voice saying, come here." i looked around. the voice was coming from the bathroom. i walked into the bathroom and