Your hair splitting may prove technically accurate but in practicality this looks grimy and dishonest. But your problem is not that you engaged in grimmines and dishonesty (all statewide pols play that game) it's that you lack political skill to keep your public perception above it.And that lack serves as exhibit A, B and C as to why you should not be a United States Senator. Fortunately for you the only people getting hurt will be Illinois citizens who, like us*, have only one functional senator during a time when states need the full power of their statewide triumvirates advocating on their behalf.
*Thanks Norm Coleman, those fruitless challenges and appeals sure are tasty. Can I have another please?
