Art Lehman, CEO of Kokomo Heritage FCU, waxed philosophic about news that Members United FCU's toxic assets performed better than expected but that his CU will not benefit directly.

"That's the joy of being part of a cooperative," Lehman said. "When it hurts, it hurts us all, and when it helps, it helps us all."

Returning gains from toxic corporate assets to the share insurance fund, rather than to the corporate that currently owns them, is like the difference between six and a half dozen, he added.

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