[rayiner]

What's hilarious is that Dodd was painted as one of the "good guys" during the 2008 presidential campaign. Oh what a difference a few years makes.

[kazoolist]

Not how I remember it ... Dodd was intimately involved with the government's actions that contributed to the Housing Crisis and was the top recipient of campaign contributions from Freddie & Fannie.

All of which had the makings for a very difficult election battle in 2010, when Dodd recognized as he opted out of running for re-election in 2010.