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Looks like those sweetheart mortgages Chris Dodd snagged from Countrywide as a “Friend of Angelo,” its CEO, aren’t the only sugar-coated real estate deals from which the senior Connecticut senator has benefitted. The intrepid Kevin Rennie of the Hartford Courant, who has been dogging Dodd’s Countrywide dealings, has now turned up an Irish real estate deal sweeter than Bailey’ Cream–but with the whiff of a week-old flounder. I’d encourage folks to read Rennie’s entire story in the Courant. Here’s the Cliff Notes version: * Dodd is great friends with New York high-roller Edward R. Downe, Jr. * Downe gets convicted...