Even as Democrat Senator Chris Dodd was scooping up more campaign contributions from Freddie and Fannie than anyone else in Congress, Democrat Congressman Barney Frank apparently had a pretty substantial conflict of interest.

Even as Frank was writing legislation to deregulate Fannie Mae, his then-partner was an executive there who stood to gain from the deregulation.

Just imagine how the press would be labeling all of this a "Republican scandal" if the shoe were on the other foot.