Last night on MSNBC's The Ed Show, Sen. Dick Durbin appeared to discuss his comments from earlier in the week -- which we documented -- that the banks "own" Capitol Hill.  Watch it:

We hear that Durbin gave a blockbuster speech on the Senate floor this afternoon.  We're trying to get ahold of it.

UPDATE: Think Progress reports that Durbin's mortgage modification proposal failed by a vote of 45-51 in the Senate.  They also posted the conclusion to his remarks on the floor today, in which he says, "I'll be back.  I'm not going to quit on this," adding: "At some point, the Senators in this chamber will decide, the bankers shouldn't write the agenda in the United States Senate." Watch it: