Hubert

Humphrey's personal physician and close friend seems to have a two-fold purpose: to eulogize HH and blast those who didn't appreciate his ""sensitivity and loyalty""--like ""naturally arrogant and dominating"" LBJ. Edgar Berman (The Solid Gold Stethoscope) met Humphrey in the late Fifties, and their friendship spanned the Vice-Presidency, Vietnam, Humphrey's '68 defeat, and final years; but the chronology is sometimes confused--Berman reminiscing about events before describing them--and the character analyses are superficial. Humphrey was ""a political mutant""--unchanged by power, pressure,…