Read [EDIT] Blacklisted By History by M. Stanton Evans for the real scoop on Welch and McCarthy. Everyone knows Welch's grandstanding "Have you no shame?" speech, but people don't know it was all bullshit. Welch was decrying McCarthy's accusation that one of Welch's assistants had links to communists, but Welch had already fired that assistant for links to communists.

Read Vindicated By History by M. Stanton Evans for the real scoop on Welch and McCarthy. Everyone knows Welch's grandstanding "Have you no shame?" speech, but people don't know it was all bullshit. Welch was decrying McCarthy's accusation that one of Welch's assistants had links to communists, but Welch had already fired that assistant for links to communists.