Mortgage-Lobby Chief Resigns

By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON and DAMIAN PALETTA
July 23, 2008; Page A4

WASHINGTON -- The chief of the mortgage industry's most powerful lobby group resigned Tuesday, just as the industry is defending itself from a hostile Congress and a punishing housing slump.

or, as i like to put it:

KEMPNER: Hey, look over there! [Runs offstage]