Not to mention the moaning--on both sides--that it is not perfect.

Sorry, people, it was the only deal in town at this point.

And, as I've indicated earlier, financial markets are manic-depressive enough;   you don't really want to encourage it if you have any sense, which I think Mudcatters do (perhaps I'm wrong on that). Believe it or not, such markets can have a direct impact even on hardcore Lefties--especially through soaring interest rates and the dislocations resulting from that.