A strange hope to have

Chairman of the House Financial Services Barney Frank (D-Mass.) explains the functions of the bailout bill and what will happen once Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson uses almost $700 billion to buy mortgage-backed securities and what the "strange hope" that the U.S. taxpayer should have for those holdings. (1:10)
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If you don't want it to be political...

Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank (D-Mass.) says that elected officials shouldn't be asked to do work that is apolitical. (0:45)
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Barney Frank doubts offended Republicans' sincerity

Barney Frank (D-Mass.) says that he does not believe House Republicans voted against the bill due to Pelosi's speech and jokes that if he can have the offended members names he will speak "uncharacteristically nice" with them (0:32).
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