New at Reason: Steve Chapman on Roland Burris and Rod Blagojevich

January 1, 2009

When the news broke that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was trying to auction off President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, Roland Burris called his behavior "appalling." But as Steve Chapman writes, after the governor appointed Burriss to fill the vacancy, the onetime comptroller-for-life lost interest in the scandal. "I have no comment on what the governor's circumstance is," Burriss demurred.

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