Word: knocko
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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When the news got out, most Massachusetts Democrats were plainly disgusted about the whole thing ("We can't afford a senatorial baby-sitter"). Among those most angered: House Majority Floor Leader John McCormack and his brother Edward ("Knocko") McCormack Sr., who wanted the job for Knocko's son, Massachusetts Attorney General Edward McCormack Jr. This hardly left McCormack in a position to decry favoritism over merit, so he could only sulk...