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Have You No Sense of Decency?: What's Up with the Title?

    Have You No Sense of Decency?: What's Up with the Title?

      It's not common that one line ends an entire political career, especially one like Senator McCarthy's. But Welch's anguished question, "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" crushed the most powerful man in politics. It should be remembered.

      So while these are technically called the Army-McCarthy hearings, we like to shout it out by its most famous line.