A Boston Herald columnist on the denouement of her respect for Barney Frank elicited this comment from beachhouse:

"Alas, Mr. Whip Smart wasn’t smart enough to see the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae disaster that resulted in the cruelest foreclosure crisis since the Great Depression. And he’s not enough of a stand-up guy to fully admit his role."

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