Barack Obama actually said...

This plan cannot be a welfare program for CEOs whose greed and irresponsibility has contributed to this crisis.

There should be a path for taxpayers to recover their money, and to turn a profit if Wall Street prospers.

I will not allow this plan to become a welfare program for Wall Street executives.

While Senator Obama believed that the Administration's initial proposal was flawed and unacceptable to the American taxpayer, he was hearten...