"What about the fact that the company in question has just settled an $880 million fraud inquiry with the Justice Department?

"I think it looks like hell. It’s not some obscure company he owns stock in. His family and Sen. Frist have personally become rich because of this company."

$880 million they settled for. Almost a billion dollars. Not an accounting error, fraud – (frôd) n. 1. A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain. 2. A piece of trickery; a trick. 3.a. One that defrauds; a cheat. b. One who assumes a false pose; an impostor.

How have they kept him away from the inner circle so long?

Arf