When Murrow goes after him, he's finished. That's when you know he's losing the public,

Late in his career, when the L.A. Times started pursuing him in its new incarnation during Watergate, it was one of the great 360-degree turnarounds.

In a way, they did just what Murrow did -- they let McCarthy speak for himself.

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.

Doing nothing is very hard to do...you never know when you're finished.

When I got off the bike at the end of the Tour, it was finished,