So about these financial crises (you know, the ones Bush is to blame for)...

For the lowdown on what this is all about, read here and here.

For how to fix it, here.

Money quote (as it pertains to this election) from Goldberg's article:

In 2005, McCain sponsored legislation to thwart what he later called “the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole.”

Obama, the Senate’s second-greatest recipient of donations from Fannie and Freddie after Dodd, did nothing.