waveman comments on Can Counterfactuals Be True? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: waveman 29 June 2016 10:58:33PM 0 points [-]

I think the idea here is likely that JFK was not very effective in getting his legislation through congress. When Johnson took over, he ran with the same agenda more or less, but he was much more effective in getting laws through congress.