"Because of Citigroup's complexity, its significant exposure to the global capital markets, and current illiquidity and volatility of some of those markets, additional marks in its investment bank cannot be ruled out, " said Senior Vice President Sean Jones of Moody's.
"This decision was not easy because in spite of the personal nature of this debate, itscomplexity, the medical repercussions andits seriousness, this issue has become polticized to the extent that much of the rhetoric has substantially diminished the potential for real discourse on such an important matter, " Daschle said.