With Ms. Chase, sadly, the question is aptitude.
Sadly, that question has been asked of a dizzying number of unfaithful men in recent memory: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Mark Sanford, John Ensign, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Newt Gingrich, Bill Clinton... the list goes on and on.
Sadly, the question of whether the rot developed on Leahy's watch, or only after he left, appears not to have been addressed.
Sadly, I feel that this question keeps surfacing because people want to believe that we are achieving parity more quickly than we actually are.
Sadly, this is not a question that is answered in "Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart," by Stefan Kanfer, who has written biographies of Groucho Marx, Lucille Ball, and Marlon Brando.
Sadly, for many people the answer to this question is "No.
Sadly, this is not a rhetorical question.
Sadly, the Fed, Fed watchers and economic policy makers won't even think to raise this question.
Sadly, this eschatological movement took no notice.
