*"Up first," in the House Financial Services Committee's effort to go after those that caused last year's economic collapse, "is a measure that for the first time would regulate privately sold derivatives like credit default swaps, the complex contracts that brought down Wall Street banking house Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and nearly toppled insurance giant" AIG, AP reports. *The strains of the ongoing House ethics committee probe into Rangel's finances -- coupled with escalating attacks by the GOP -- are wearing on the 79-year-old Korean War hero, people close to him say. Full Article at Real Clear Politics