Just a fact-check. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac didn’t cause the crisis; they were victims of it. Read this post, or this post, or this. And as to who took more money from who, keep in mind that Rick Davis, McCain’s campaign manager, had been a registered lobbyist on behalf of Fannie Mae whose job was to loosen the regulations surrounding their mortgage practices.

— Tim Fernholz

Tim Fernholz is a former staff writer for the Prospect. His work has been published by Newsweek, The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, and The Daily Beast. He is also a Research Fellow at the New America Foundation.