"Naked CDS--whether sovereign or not--are extremely dangerous. Abusive swaps should be banned, and the Federal government should get out of the way of states regulating naked CDS as what they are: gambling."

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"Naked CDS--whether sovereign or not--are extremely dangerous. Abusive swaps should be banned, and the Federal government should get out of the way of states regulating naked CDS as what they are: gambling."

--Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) on naked CDS.

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