We want to stay in touch with the Board on this decision and work with you on future things.

What in the new rules guarantee that we are going to have the same result in a future merger, though?

That certainly changes the burden of proof, though, does it not?

If you do not have competition, you have to have regulation, which is my main point.

If that continues, we are going to have more regulation.

I said hypothetically.

The agency has spoken pretty clearly. They are very inhospitable to mergers.

I am trying to find out the effect. The plan you said is a good idea, but a good idea that is not enforceable is not necessarily a good idea if it cannot be enforced.

This is my last question.

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