visit remax.com today. >>> we're back, david goodfriend's got the floor.r? >> unfortunately not man caves, but i am thinking a lot about the debt. here we are down to the wire, rome burns and boehner hedges his bets, but speaking of hedges and bets, a major stakeholder in this debate is conspicuously quiet. i'm talking about the organizations that stand to lose big if a debt deal isn't reached. private equity funds, investment banks, commercial banks, insurance companies. you and i stand to lose plenty, including retirement and college savings if not our own jobs, but the captains of industry stand to lose a lot, too, so where are the fleets of hear jets for meetings with congress to urge an end to the bringsmanship in an -- the financial firms know how to turn on the juice when they want to. remember financial reform or the health care debate? the big boys mounted a major campaign to influence that stuff. we're talking media, grassroots, lobbyists. washington hadn't seen such a staging since general ulysses grant marched the army down pennsylvania avenue.