Carl Levin, D-Michigan, the top Democrat on the Armed Services panel, stopped short of endorsing the proposal but said he would review any such plan that will help the nation "make a cleanbreak" from the controversy.
If the yen can regain control and make a cleanbreak below the previous support, the low of May 6 near 88.00 is the next major level of previous price support.
Johnson had a choice to stay with what was already there or make a cleanbreak and go with something totally new in the way Geoff Cooke did with a young Will Carling.