Senator Thomas Jordan (played by John McGiver) had this to say in The Manchurian Candidate:

“There are people who think of Johnny as a clown and a buffoon, but I do not. I despise John Iselin and everything that Iselinism has come to stand for. I think, if John Iselin were a paid Soviet agent, he could not do more to harm this country than he's doing now.”

Without a doubt, a Timeless & Timely reference.