Voters Say "Yes" to the Republican Who Said "No" to Wall Street

House Speaker John Boehner and his cronies removed North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones from the House Financial Services Committee in late 2012. Jones, who had opposed bank bailouts and favored Wall Street regulation, did not go quietly. He spoke up about the purge and made little secret of his sense that his biggest "sin" in the eyes of the party leadership was his refusal to bow to the demands of big campaign donors.