Our protector

MANIFESTO

Golly. Connecticut's senior senator sure has been a ball of fire recently with his concern over his constituents' fiscal and physical health.

Not only has he

announced his support for the creation of a new agency with broad authority to protect consumers of financial products such as mortgage loans and credit cards,

but he's also been instrumental in the

Senate passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. [Health Committee] Chairman [Ted] Kennedy authored the bill and Dodd acted as the lead cosponsor, shepherding it through committee mark-up and debate on the Senate floor.

Wow! What a guy! This sudden benevolence can't have anything to do with his status in the polls, can it?