The epicenter of all this finger-pointing: Capitol Hill Thursday, as lawmakers, regulators, and executives gathered to debate how to deal with the crisis gripping the credit markets, particularly the perilous state of the mortgage bond industry.

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That afternoon, as my grandfather waited for the hunters to return, he drew in the hearth dust with the same finger and hated the men on the hill.

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