Here we go with the Times again. Seriously, where in the world does this assertion come from:

To Christopher Cox, the Republican chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the need for action was obvious in the spring of 2006.

I mean, come on! Cox is one of the worst offenders in this whole deal and now the Times is writing that as early as 2006 he saw it coming? Cox, or his surrogates, might be saying it, but that doesn't make it true. And what's worse is the Times doesn't even give a quote for this, nothing to support it at all. It's just a bald assertion, another repetition of the party line.

Good grief.