Malone’s “who needs ‘em” take on Washington is dead on and he makes that “government, get out of the way” mantra seem more like a warning than a plea.

Like he says, “the world is moving on.” And so fast, really, that it’s hard to remember sometimes how far we’ve come or to realize just where we really are. Maybe closer than we know to a place where the Barney Franks and the Christopher Dodds and all their ilk become quaint irrelevancies.

One thing is for sure: we’re blazing down the road to the place where we find out.