Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana matenga, ka whakaingoatia e te Whare Wānanga o Saint Benedict me te Whare Wānanga o Saint John te Whare Wānanga mo te Kaupapa a te Kawanatanga ki te Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy. I whakamaharatia e te roopu Democratic tona matenga i te 2008 Democratic National Convention i Denver, Colorado, i te Akuhata 28, 2008. I whakaurua te whakamaharatanga ki ngā pikitia o ētahi kaitōrangapū rongonui i mate i roto i te wā o te wha tau mai i te
Ko te Huihuinga o te 2004 i whakaaturia ki runga i te mata nui. I te wa o te mihi a McCarthy, i waihohia e te mata e whakaatu ana i tana whakaahua tona ingoa tuatahi engari i whakauruhia tona ingoa tuarua, e karanga ana ki a ia "Senator Joseph McCarthy"; Ko Joseph McCarthy he Senator Republican rongonui mai i Wisconsin e rongonui ana mo tana kaupapa whakahee-Communist me te korerorero me te kairipoata a Edward R. Murrow.