American Banker, as fine a publication as it is, is not affiliated in any way with the American Bankers Association, even while they share some of the same words in their names. So however wise and worthy American Banker's endorsements may be, they may or may not be reflective of ABA's views.

Please stop making me look at pictures of Barney Frank. Please.....

Great choice! It is good to see that American Banker can be non-partisan.

Barney "Fife" Frank is a very large part of the reason this country is in the financial condition it presently enjoys. His refusal to even allow control of Fannie and Freddie to even come up for a vote through his committee, promoted the mortgage debacle. With large political contributions by both of these GSA's to Barney and company they ensured their existence to the bitter end. Weeks before the Federal take over of these two mortgage giants Barney was still extolling the solid footing they were on.