Also, nobody wants to be at the helm when the ship goes down. Bernanke will be political, of course, saying "maybe next time," but that is simply to save face and avoid a crippling of the USD internationally in order to maintain reserve status. He has to keep the talking heads talking of a resolution, and to do that he has to give hope. This entire show is synthetic, just the prices of gold paper and the USD. Best show on earth.