Fannie Mae’s Former CFO Weighs In With The Mortgage Wars

Former Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Association (OTCBB:FNMA) CFO Timothy Howard has reentered the public conversation on the housing crisis with his new book The Mortgage Wars, but whether it’s a self-serving account of the run up to the crisis or an important part of the national debate on the mortgage industry seems to depend on your politics. Fannie Mae /Freddie Mac debate creates odd political alliances The debate over Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Association (OTCBB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) doesn’t split evenly down Republican/Democratic lines, and the issue has made for some strange…