Timing equals everything.
The former smartest guy in the room ingeniously uses professed derivative ignorance (and Robert Rubin and Larry Summers) to shorten the blade of the sword he's just now chosen to fall upon.Ever been Benedicted?
The Father Confessor shoves his Holy Golden Crutch into a young attendant's holiness before a crowd of worshippers in Malta. The congregation of more than 10,000 looked on approvingly as the Pontiff explained his actions as "ze vay to keepin ze holy penis out."
