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See it helping any more. we don't need the legislators in washington playing doctor. what we need them to do is sticking to what the people want them to do, it's not adding regulations and costs to the consumers. >> brenda: chris, don't we need more regulation. we've seen this before and what we've got now, are we going to have another bailout, another too big to fail? >> well, clearly raises a lot of anxiety when you see this kind of, you know, loss. i think that the reality when it comes to loss and regulations, a lot of these rules haven't even been written yet and going through the regulat...

Was long-winded, which was really the pot calling the kettle black. >> yeah, i was surprised. would you say that was a jab or more of a left cross? >> ezra, i don't know why these liberals are so hate-filled ezra. it makes me sad. as we move forward, ezra, tell me, what do you see happening at the white house as they move forward toward the 2012 election? do you think they're going to hammer on -- you think the consumer protection side of it? where do they see the other vulnerabilities for mitt romney? >> two that are big, one is the financial stuff. he was head of bain capital, looks like a f...

Kettle black. >> yeah, i was surprised. would you say that was a jab or more of a left cross? >> ezra, i don't know why these liberals are so hate-filled ezra. it makes me sad. as we move forward, ezra, tell me, what do you see happening at the white house as they move forward toward the 2012 election? do you think they're going to hammer on -- you think the consumer protection side of it? where do they see the other vulnerabilities for mitt romney? >> two that are big, one is the financial stuff. he was head of bain capital, looks like a finance guy, won't release his tax returns. so they'd l...

But for protecting the system. senator corker in today's "wall street journal" says the agency dodd proposes still has too much power to protect consumers. he explained his opposition. he objects to dodd's proposal that banks would have to hold on to, not sell to another institution, at least 5% of any loans they make, which would give them at least some incentive to ensure that the loans were repayable because they would lose money when they were not repayable. even though dodd's would be part of the federal reserve, corker also wants banking regulators, those charged with protecting the bank...

Over any consumer protection agency. quote, i don't want an overzealous consumer protection agency. we need balance. right now in the bill there's too much independence and too little coordination between the regulators and the consumer protection side. he said this out loud. and while dodd's talks with richard shelby broke down, corker is still optimistic about negotiating changes to the bill before it is taken up by the full senate potentially as early as this month or next. joining us as promised, chairman of the house financial services committee, congressman barney frank. thank you for yo...