As the Giannoulias family’s Broadway Bank was seized by federal regulators, and as Broadway Bank’s associations with mobsters and criminals was placed under further scrutiny, Illinois Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias had a tiring refrain: I haven’t been at the bank in over four years. 

Leaving aside a New York Times report that Giannoulias himself was responsible for the risky loans that brought down the bank and cost the FDIC $394 million, Giannoulias supporters hit the same refrain as the candidate: he hasn’t been at the bank in over four years.