McCarthy attacked La Follette for not enlisting during the war, although La Follette had been 46 when Pearl Harbor was bombed, and McCarthy used his nickname "Tail-Gunner Joe" and the slogan "Congress needs a tail-gunner".
McCarthy attacked La Follette for not enlisting during the war, although La Follette had been 46 when Pearl Harbor was bombed and would have been too old to be accepted. McCarthy played up his wartime service, using his nickname "Tail-Gunner Joe" and the slogan "Congress needs a tail-gunner".