WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) – Standard & Poor's, the credit rating agency that lowered the grade on the federal government's credit worthiness, continued its defense of its move Monday, calling Washington criticism a "smoke screen." "This idea that we made a $2 trillion error is simply a smoke screen for the unhappiness, in our view, about our … Continue reading Standard & Poor's Beers: 'We stand by our decisions' to downgrade U.S. debt