BTW this is hardly unique. The Courants reaction and the chairman’s reaction are pretty funny. They are shocked, shocked I tell you, that the politics happened in the State Legislature. I long for the days when the honorable Richard J Dailey of Chicago told a reporter who complained that he gave a city contract to his son, “If you don’t think i’ll Do whatever I can to help my kid, you can kiss my ass.” The goo goos were upset but his favorability rating went up.