Weirdest quote of the hearings

By Megan McArdle
"Basically you come to us today on your bicycles after buying girl scout cookies and helping out Mother Teresa, telling us 'We're sorry, we didn't mean it, we won't do it again, trust us' . . . . I don't really have a question, but I was told that I can use my five minutes."

~ Michael Capuano, D-Mass

He goes on to make some moderately intelligent points about the fungibility of money, combined with some impassioned ranting about the failure of the banks to lend as if money were going out of style.

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