On Tuesday, Reid made a highly personal reference to his own perspective on the issue.

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If you excuse the personal reference, as we used to say in the Senate, this is one good man -- one good man.

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"It's a personal reference, " he explained.

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This implies that consumer choice will make a difference, but of course we do not get to choose which credit reference agencies hold our personal data.

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