"CIT said late Wednesday that negotiations with regulators about a possible rescue had broken off after days of round-the-clock talks.
The move marked a defining moment for the Obama administration and showed it’s drawing a line in the sand on federal rescues for troubled financial firms…"
It is obvious that some will not receive bailouts if for the mere political show that they have a rational mechanism to select those who meet and those who don’t meet the criterions. They obviously do not, so this is just part of their politics.