Watch or listen to the House debate and vote on The Big Bailout

Watch (or listen to) the House debate The Bill Bail-Out bill on C-SPAN online, with the final vote scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET. The vote is expected to be close. Then, the bill has to be debated by the Senate.

I remain optimistic that it will pass, but in a tight election year nothing is guaranteed.

Either Rep. Barney Frank will be seen as a true hero or the ultimate villain, or probably both. I give him a huge amount of credit for his leadership and bipartisanship. He makes the presidential candidates look like political midgets.

Maybe our national motto should be "Divided We Squander."

-- Jack Krupansky