I'll assume you know that we've waited 8 months or more for the senior Senator from CT to reveal his relationship with Countrywide Mortgage CEO Angelo Mozilo.
Now that he's finally decided to let the public in on his financial records, there are still more questions. The elephant in the room remains: did he or did he not give favorable treatment to Countrywide (and others) as a result of the favorable rates he got on his mortgage.
He might actually believe he got no special deal. And he might even believe that his actions as head of the Senate Banking Committee weren't influenced in any way.
In other times I might say that Sen. Dodd was the poster child for all that's wrong in
But, Sen. Dodd looks above reproach next to the other headliners in today's news: former Sen. Daschle (isn't tax evasion a felony, by the way?) who just withdrew his nomination, Hartford mayor Eddie Perez (who pleaded not guilty to bribery in court today and triggered a NYTimes editorial) and Nancy Killefer, who withdrew from being a candidate for the (holy cow) position of Chief Performance Officer.
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