How did JFK vote on the resolution censuring Senator McCarthy?
A. He delivered a speech in support of Senator McCarthy.
B. He voted against the resolution.
C. He voted for the resolution.
D. He did not place a vote.
Senator Joseph McCarthy was a friend of the Kennedy family. In 1954, when the Senate was poised to condemn McCarthy, John Kennedy drafted a speech calling for McCarthy's censure, but never delivered it. When on December 2, 1954, the Senate rendered its highly publicized decision to censure McCarthy, Senator Kennedy was in the hospital. Though absent, Kennedy could have "paired" his vote against that of another senator, but chose not to. The episode seriously damaged Kennedy's support in the liberal community, especially with Eleanor Roosevelt, as late as the 1956 and 1960 elections.