Mark: I believe that at the time the song was written, Thomas Dodd had most recently been in the news for being censured by the Senate for embezzling campaign funds (a practice that I gather has not ended). That would have given the mention a mildly sarcastic ring.

--- Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net

||: April is the cruellest month, Breeding lilacs out of the dead land, :||