CHRIS DODD UPDATE:

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., was asked Monday about releasing the particulars of his alleged special mortgage rate treatment from Countrywide Financial, a company that has been heavily criticized in the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Dodd sidestepped the issue, as he has done on several other occasions.

“It’s Christmas [time],” a reporter noted to Dodd after his Westport meeting Monday with union leaders in Westport, asking him for the mortgage details.

“I didn’t quite think of Christmas in this way,” Dodd responded, adding that the information would be coming, but refused to say when.

Just put Angelo Mozilo in a Santa suit and he’ll understand . . . .