Jeff Merkley actually said...

I would say of course they have an advantage. They have taxpayer-insured deposits and access to the discount window.

From a common citizen's point of view, when they look at the fate of Long-Term Capital Management, MF Global, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill ...

I appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle continuing to wrestle with this issue of mortgages.

The family home has been such a pathway to the middle class for families across America.