interestingly enough, hollywood hired robert welsch later on. if you see him later on, he is the cagey judge. he had a certain theatrical side to him along the way. but he really did show mccarthy for what he was. that undermined mccarthy's standing among the other senators. they began an investigation of mccarthy and his tactics. in december of 1954, a few months after the army mccarthy hearings, the senate voted to censure mccarthy for conduct unbecoming a senator. all of the democrats, except for john kennedy who was in the hospital, and half of the republicans, including bush, wound up voting to censure senator mccarthy. senator mccarthy was never able to regain his national standing after that. he went into a tailspin and he died at the age of 48 a few years later. when roy cohen stepped down as the counsel of the committee, the committee hired robert kennedy to replace him. you can go through the records. you can tell the moment that cohen leaves and kennedy takes over. this mishmash of paperwork that's thrown into boxes is suddenly replac