. . .Reid was suddenly hit with questions of his own about this fundraiser that raised $37,000, questions he dodged on Tuesday.

“Clearly, I’m leading the effort to rein in Wall Street…I”m going to make sure that in this legislation I do everything within my ability to make sure that banks aren’t too big to fail,” Reid told reporters at his weekly news conference.

Reid spokesman Jim Manley readily confirmed the meeting and made no bones about the Majority Leader keeping his campaign donations from the bank, reiterating that Reid is slapping the cuffs on bad Wall Street behavior as an explanation.