Somewhere in all the talk about vulture capitalists and corrupt governments, of sovereign nations and free markets, the true meaning of this battle between Argentina and a group of hedge fund creditors was completely lost. It stopped being about the money. Maybe, to some, it never was. Follow us here for a minute: Argentina has the over $1.3 billion necessary to pay the NML Capital — the group of hedge funds led by Paul Singer that have been suing The Republic for almost a decade.