countrywide influence the people that bought the toxic assets. this seems to be one of the questions people about the financial crisis, the housing market. we hear about buying elected officials and very much a part of this story, but it s actually buying the currying and favor of non-elected, appointed employees at all levels whether it was the president of fannie mae or all the way down to people not much beyond the mail room but people who could do favors specifically for processing countrywide loans, that s beyond friends and family that most corporations have. that s about influencing the outcome of their ability to move bad loans that otherwise should have been rejected. all right. congressman issa of california, thank you. appreciate your time. thank you. up next in today s decision 2010, the senate hopeful that famously took on the opponent for wearing high heels at it again and biting the hand that