Gruening was on of the two Senators who voted against expanding the war in South Viet Nam to the north, on a pretext, a supposed attack on a destroyer that never happened.  The other was Oregon's Wayne Morse, who, disgusted with the Republican party, changed his  affiliation to Independent, and then later to Democrat. 

Ted was a crook.

Lisa is the best Senator that Alaska has now, but not the best that it can have.