"They conveniently ignore that from 1995 until 2007, I was a member of the minority of the House. I am flattered that during that period, when Newt Gingrich and Tom Delay ran the House, some think I had some form of secret power over them, which is nonsense." -- Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank, in a newsletter to constituents, responding to right-wing talk radio charges that he had a hand in the 2008 financial meltdown.
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