CNN is reporting that It was Chris Dodd who inserted the language that allowed the AIG bonuses to go forward. Dodd apparently appeared and admited it himself, claiming to be acting at the request of people at the Treasury Department. He inserted a clause that negated the Wyden/Snow amenment, required companies to pay their bonuses> Dodd is being accused of taking more AIG money than any other Senator, he denied this story on camera just yesterday.
This is bad. Dodd was already in trouble for re-election next year after moving his family to Iowa for the Presidential campaign. Now I would suspect he's political toast. He may not even last his term.
And IMHO this could take Geitner down too unless some real serious splainin happens real fast.
Sorry for the short diary but this seems important to me.