They may well be a subtle and strategic means to pull of nationalization. Ambers:
The point here is that the administration CANNOT force broad nationalization down Congress's throats; they CAN begin to make that argument when there is proof that a major bank is insolvent. How does the administration prove this? By giving these banks physicals -- stress tests.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/02/about-those-bank-stress-tests/205678/
