Carl Levin actually said...

"And have you seen reports that the Paulson firm shorted the ABACUS transaction using Goldman Sachs as its agent?"

"there has got to be a way that the regulators are going to find to eliminate this conflict of interest."

"Those are risks and they must be managed properly so that the rating system is not compromised in any way."

"It wasn't here. That is all I can tell you."