The Hill News

One of America’s most beloved and oft-quoted authors, Mark Twain, noted in 1897 that “man is the only animal that blushes; or needs to.” In reviewing a video of the June 24 testimony before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, chaired by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, I watched carefully to see if Steven Eisman, appearing that day as a witness, blushed. He didn’t; but as Twain might have observed, he needed to.

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