A couple of years ago, I asked Barney Frank, then chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, what he’d do when he retired.
“I’d ignore people,” he told me, briskly.
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Barney Frank Throws In the Towel, Won’t Seek Reelection in 2012
The acid-tongued Democrat is bowing out in 2012. Congress will be duller without him, says Michelle Cottle.
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