Originally Posted By alexbook California Assemblyman Ted Lieu sponsored a bill this year that would have restricted some questionable activities by mortgage brokers (if the governor hadn't vetoed it). In an interview with KPCC-FM, the assemblyman was explaining that legislation like this would have prevented much of the current mortgage crisis. The interviewer asked, if that were the case, why wait until after the crisis before introducing the legislation. Instead of dodging, Assemblyman Lieu did something I've rarely heard a politician do: He apologized. He said he should have introduced this bill two years ago. I was stunned.
