These bonds. we had sold our home in sherman oaks. my husband had a stroke. we moved down here, went to lincoln savings. how much? you really want to know? yes. it was $30,000 and for us, that was quite a bit. capitalize on this, the bond salesmen were told. the weak, meek, and ignorant are always good targets. the regulators were looking shouldr looking at this and saying, this guy is a disaster, man, we ve got to stop this. but by that time, keating had a construction company in arizona. he had thrifts in california. his tentacles spread out to several states. so he was able to call on congressman and senators and say, hey, get these dogs off my back. this morning, the s&l crisis goes to capitol hill, looking into charges against five senators accused of intervening with federal banking officials