We've obviously got Bank of America on the brain around here, but the case raises one more issue that I don't think we or anyone else has fully addressed.

Charles Gasparino hints at it when he points out that Ken Lewis is likely to call Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson to testify on his behalf.

The stock market roared, the regulators stirred, the unemployment rate soared and the banks continued to show great reluctance to lend money.

What else happened in 2009? Oh, right, there was a tremendous binge of book publishing related to the financial crisis that began in the summer of 2008 - and Henry Paulson's version of events isn't even out yet (coming soon - Feb. 1 - to a bookstore/online warehouse near you).