Whoa! Are you kidding me? Illinois' governor tried to sell a senate seat? Please FBI, tell me this isn't true!
If true, how amazing. This is not how our government should work.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/illinois.governor/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/09/report-illinois-governor-taken-federal-custody/
Who appoints Pres.-elect Obama's vacant senate seat now? Illinois' lieutenant governor? Interesting legal detail.