His disdain for pessimistic, Chicken Little-like punditry--beloved by somuch of the mainstream media--was in synch with the basic optimism of most Americans.
Whether Holmes was bad or mad when he allegedly caused somuch misery to so many people will not get resolved by a technique beloved by Hollywood movie directors but not by scientists.
The difference, however, is that Scrushy was beloved by the people of Birmingham, Ala, while Lay and Skilling are vilified in Houston, somuch that the defense tried in vain to move the trial to another city.