From Time Magazine

He used data, evidence and statistics to drive change and make improvements. He admitted his mistakes and wrote and learned lessons in the hopes to prevent those mistakes from ever happening again.

However, a he was a man whose mistakes (with President Kennedy and Johnson) cost over a million lives.

Learning from mistakes and open criticism in a free society how societies grow for the betterment of all.

The NewsHour has two really great segments. First and interview with Robert McNamara and then a debate with John McCain, George McGovern and others about McNamara’s involvement in the war.

And if you haven’t seen it, a brilliant documentary by Errol Morris on McNamara called The Fog of War, is just sitting out there for you. It’s one of my favorite films of all time.