The True Story of Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson

Rayburn was the true populist. And when he became speaker, he implemented those principles. Since he was a powerful senior congressman from Texas and soon to be speaker, he was cultivated by this young secretary who became congressman. Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, sort of made themselves, or Lyndon Johnson, made himself into Rayburn's family. Every time that Johnson needed something, Rayburn was there to help him.