Just watched a pretty amazing documentary with some great commentary by the likes of Dick Gregory, Gloria Steinem, Gary Hart and McGovern himself. Narrated by Amy Goodman (also features an excellent interview with her.)
I encourage everyone to check this out: "One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern" by First Run Features.
He really picked up RFK's mantle and I would say perhaps even outdid him. I don't think people realize that his landslide loss to Nixon only came after some pretty sinister and ridiculous events. He was very close to surging to political victory during the summer of 72. He said the things that this nation needed to hear and I hope brother Obama knows this story! Tragic to see how right McGovern was and wrong everyone else was, particularly those who voted for Nixon. Hopefully our history will start to reflect this someday.......