Via Jake Tapper at Political Punch blog:

The president said, “It [propping up dead banks] was the right thing to do, even though it’s infuriating, even though it makes you angry because you’re thinking, ‘I was responsible and these folks are irresponsible and somehow I’m paying for them.’ The same is true with AIG.  It was the right thing to do to step in.”

“Here’s the problem,” Mr. Obama said, “It’s almost like they’ve got — they’ve got a bomb strapped to them and they’ve got their hand on the trigger.  You don’t want them to blow up.  But you’ve got to kind of talk them, ease that finger off the trigger.”

So who is the Osama bin Laden of the banking industry? AIG CEO Liddy?