DEALBREAKER: Chris Dodd prepares for the beard. “Now that the Senate Ethics Committee has opined that Chris Dodd’s status as a VIP friend of A-Moz and associated discounts does not violate the moral high road, the Senate Banking Committee Chairman can get back to his bread and butter- playing Monday morning quarterback for the financial crisis. The Countrywide circle of trust member now wants to make it known that the Beard can expect a ‘thorough and comprehensive’ renomination hearing during which Dodd will prominently display his ability to recount revisionist history.”

What about that Irish “cottage” of Dodd’s?