We have not spent much time praising Senator Kyl lately but he really stood out in a recent vote and showed that he is still a conservative. Friday the senate passed S. 2338, a bill that would allow the FHA to bail out lenders suffering from the loan crisis. Not only did Kyl vote against this new federal aid program, he was the only senator to vote against it.

While the concept of the federal government bailing out lenders sounds good it would begin the process of enshrining one more “right” that the government has to fund. The country has basically enshrined the right to “free” education, food, health care, prescription drugs, and retirement. If we were to add housing there would not be much left for the free market to handle.