Candidate returns to Washington to spar with Fed chief
(NEWSER) - Ron Paul may have a presidential race to run, but he's never too busy to return to DC to do a little Fed bashing. Paul grilled Ben Bernanke today, declaring in his opening statement that "what we are witnessing today is the end stages of a grand experiment," reports the Wall Street Journal. The Fed's control of the money supply isn't working, said Paul, who once again called for a return to a gold and silver standard, notes ABC News . He even asked Bernanke whether he did his own grocery shopping. "Yes I do," came the reply. More»