Dodd Must Clear Air Over Deals Kevin Rennie NOW YOU KNOW June 22, 2008 When cornered, Sen. Christopher J. Dodd maintains an ambiguous relationship with the truth. His clumsy and contradictory explanations of the favorable mortgage deals he received from Countrywide Financial continue to shred his credibility. Dodd would spew righteous venom over anyone who offered the Senate testimony as convoluted as what Dodd has served us in the past 10 days. "Outrageous," he thundered in a press release on Friday the 13th. How dare anyone suggest he would derive a personal benefit from his public trust? With that, he skedaddled out of Washington, officially traveling and unavailable in the communications age. One more profile in courage. That first call from David Golden of Portfolio, a Conde Nast business magazine that broke the story, shifted Dodd's tectonic plates. He had quietly luxuriated in two sweet deals for nearly $800,000 in mortgages. Lately, he had enjoyed...