I would.

…Question: Uh, at the Republican press conference…specifically pointed to your speech on the floor, saying that they thought they had an extra dozen Republican votes…held up your speech, said this is the reason why they lost those votes…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D): …Um hmm…

Question: …could you address that?

Representative Barney Frank (D): I will address that. I am appalled. Frankly that’s an accusation against my Republican colleagues I would never have thought of making. Here’s the story – there’s a terrible crisis affecting the American economy. We have come together on a bill to alleviate the crisis. And because somebody hurt their feelings they decide to punish the country. I mean, I would not have imputed that degree of pettiness and hypersensitivity. I mean, we also have, as the leader will tell you, been working with them. We don’t believe they had the votes and I think they are covering up the embarrassment of not having the votes. But think about this, “Somebody hurt my feelings, so I will punish the country.” I mean that’s hard to be plausible. And there were twelve Republican members who were ready to stand up for the economic interests of America, but not if anybody insulted them. I’ll make a, I’ll make an offer. Give me those twelve people’s names and I will go talk uncharacteristically nicely to them. [laughter] And tell them what wonderful people they are. And maybe they’ll now think about the country…