FCC Still Haggles Over XM-Sirius

Creating monopolies is tedious work. Three votes have now been cast in the Federal Communications Commission's review of the XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio merger, but the deal is still no closer to being done. FCC commissioner Michael Copps voted against the deal Monday night. It's the first vote against the deal. Two other commissioners - Chairman Kevin Martin and Robert McDowell - have voted in favor of the merger. The decision now increases pressure on another FCC commissioner - Deborah Taylor Tate - who is the only member of the five-person board who hasn't spoken publicly about how she feels about the deal or what she might want to approve it.