Phil Gramm's legacy

In an alternate universe, the former senator's deregulatory baggage could be much scarier.

Published November 17, 2008 4:00PM (EST)

I have only one comment to make on the New York Times' front-pager detailing Phil Gramm's role as the great deregulator during (and after) his tenure as a Republican senator from Texas.

Imagine how different the context would be if Gramm's good friend John McCain was the president-elect?


By Andrew Leonard

Andrew Leonard is a staff writer at Salon. On Twitter, @koxinga21.

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