Remember, This Just LOOKS Bad

It doesn't mean that anything bad is actually happening:

• If a lawsuit challenging Illinois’ new pension-reform law reaches the state Supreme Court, the overwhelming majority of justices might first want to extend a “thank you” before hearing arguments about the constitutional merits of the case.
  
  That’s because they’ll be listening to their campaign contributors — literally — make a case for and against the historic new law that the General Assembly and Gov. Pat Quinn put on the books last month.
  
  All told, state records show six of seven justices have taken close to a combined $3 million in campaign contributions tied to those with a stake in the pension debate: labor unions, business groups and a political committee controlled by House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, who last month said the legislation could not have passed without his muscle.

Even a lowly state senator named Obama called this an "unseemly" practice years ago, and from what we've heard, this guy knows what he's talking about. Everyone would do well to keep an eye on that guy - he's an up-and-comer from the sewers of Chicago-style politics. He might go far one day, calling out even the appearance of impropriety like this.  In fact, he might be just the guy to straighten out those pesky "Fast and Furious," Benghazi and IRS scandals that seem to be plaguing the national stage these days.