Shane Ross (Independent)

-----but to take it because nobody else would lend to us. We are, I am afraid, despised by many other nations because of the trouble we and the economy have caused. What happened? When we went looking for money, we had one card to play, that we would sting the bondholders. However, we were told by the European heads that they would not even tolerate such; it was taken off the table immediately and we had nothing at all then to bargain with. That is the reality, Senator Cassidy.