In case you missed (or couldn’t watch) my interview with Sen. Chuck Schumer on Tuesday’s “Capitol Tonight,” here it is.

At the 6-minute mark, I asked Schumer about an allegation by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer (whom Schumer mulled primarying in the 2006 governor’s race) that there’s “no coincidence” the SEC’s civil lawsuit against Goldman comes just as the Obama administration and congressional Democrats are ramping up efforts to reform Wall Street.

“Let me say, I haven’t seen any evidence to that effect,” Schumer replied. “The SEC is seen as a pretty non-political organization. An investigation like the one they did on Goldman Sachs usually takes years, certainly months.

“And, in fact, as I understand it, they notified Goldman Sachs months ago that they were looking into this. They’re known as nonpolitical, so you’d have to give that the preumption. Now if there’s some evidence to the contrary, it’s serious, and it should be looked at.”

At the end of the interview, which runs just over 10 minutes, the senior senator and I discuss the joys of the Schumwhich, the love of which, he assures me, is not a requirement for those who aspire to work in – or rise up the ladder of – his Senate office.

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