He was able to really see what was wrong in this country and have bold solutions for how to transform it, not nibble around the edges. But I mean, LBJ... I'm talking about Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start and Title one, the War on Poverty, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act. I mean, he. He went big. He was able to marry that bold imagination with practical politics, coalition building, reaching out to people on the other side, building a team that could actually pass these policies, implement them, and sustain them. (31:58–32:38)
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Asserts that Lyndon B. Johnson was responsible for significant legislative achievements like Medicare and the Civil Rights Act.
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