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Market. and were behind this, behind it big-time. and i just couldnt be more pleased. something thats good for consumers and good for banks. >> a number of those prototype forms, a couple of of them show exactly what you should be paying for parts of a mortgage, whats optional, what shouldnt be there. i would have loved it for the last several mortgages ive gone through. let me ask you about the consumer financial protection bureau. how much authority does it have? >> well, it has, in my view, e...

Size of the bite and see what youre going to be involved with here. weve put these things up on the website, consumerfinance.gov. we really want americans to take a look at it and kind of test drive it and say, you know, thats the kind of thing that if everybody face that had sober piece of information, you might make a difference in the margin. not everybody, but it might make differences in how people behave. >> one thing i like about you, you completely know what the criticisms are going to b...

some serious concessions from democrats. >> we have over $50 trillion in unfunded liabilities. all of them are unsustainable. we need to raise the debt ceiling -- both short term, medium term and long term. thats what it would take to get my vote. >> will cain is a cnn contributor. secretary geithner said not raising the debt ceiling would be catastrophic for the economy. he concedes no one knows for certain in the event that its not raised. are republicans willing to risk sending this...