Ron Paul has previously sponsored bills to end the Federal Reserve, so the idea that he's doing a wink, wink with Bernanke is ridiculous. I saw the same discussion you did. It's here.. "Policy is the only important thing" was the last thing RP said and it sounded a lot more tongue-in-cheek to me than a real agreement.
Who thought he was doing a wink wink? He says he wants an audit. An audit looks at numbers. He doesn't want to see numbers. He wants to end the Fed.
His idea for an audit is a joke and a lie.
"Policy is the only important thing" was the last thing RP said and it sounded a lot more tongue-in-cheek to me than a real agreement.
Who thought there was real agreement? He wants input into monetary policy decisions. He's not going to get that.