| If McCain wants to hold someone accountable for the failure in transparency and accountability that led to the current calamity, he should turn to his good friend and economic campaign adviser, Phil Gramm. Before translating his senate seat for Wall Street, Gramm's authored legislation, written with the help of financial industry lobbyists, essentially removed newfangled financial products called swaps from any regulation. |
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