Randall Stephens: Clay Risen on Senator McCarthy: “What drove reporters' interest in this man McCarthy? He was probably lying, they all knew….there was a train-wreck quality to the senator that turned the press corps into rubber-neckers…” Grover Page editorial cartoon on McCarthy seeking publicity, 1950.

Clay Risen on Senator McCarthy: “What drove reporters' interest in this man McCarthy? He was probably lying, they all knew….there was a train-wreck quality to the senator that turned the press corps into rubber-neckers…” Grover Page editorial cartoon on McCarthy seeking publicity, 1950.