It sounded to me that it was not about the poker carve-out at all. The poker carve-out will be one very small part of his bill, and the poker carve-out as a separate piece of legistalation that the the PPA is proposing is all but dead in the water, according to Frank.
The good news is that Barney Frank is a serious politician who heads a very relavent Committee and he is very adamant about changing the UIGEA. In what way, we do not know, we simply know he is going to go after it in a serious way that will not be swept under the rug.