According to Mark Warner, “If there’s not commonality around the fact that we need financial reform, 18 months after the meltdown, then I don’t think we’re going to get anything done anywhere.” On a more positive note, Warner says, “At the end of the day, I do not believe that the complete unanimity of the Republican Party says ‘we don’t want financial reform in this country 18 months after the meltdown’ in 2008, I just don’t believe that.” We’ll see…

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