No. He claimed to have developed laryngitis when asked.
I did get the impression that he thought that the problems of corrupting the financial information stream with lousy numbers--"pro forma" earnings, violations of GAAP, places (like options) where GAAP are simply wrong--was a very serious one (the main problem being that financial intermediaries' incentives are all to boost stock prices now, rather than build reputation as honest information brokers).
But he said *nothing* quotable that I can point to to justify my impression. It was all body language and eyebrows.
He is very, very good at what he does...
Brad DeLong