The new headline in the story of Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois tells it all - Burris Admits He Tried To Raise Money For Blagojevich.
Blago being the former Illinois Governor who was thrown out of office by the Illinois Legislature for trying to sell the Senate seat of Barack Obama.
The revelations now have Burris under investigation for possible perjury before the legislature and Democrats on Capitol Hill wondering what's next, including the Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid.
"Senator Reid supports Senator Burris's decision to cooperate with all appropriate officials who may review this matter, including state agencies and the Senate Ethics Committee," Reid's spokesman Jim Manley told me in an email Tuesday evening.
Note the three words that say "Senate Ethics Committee," because they are now on the case. And that's not exactly what Democrats wanted out of this Accidental Senator.
Now let's be clear - Burris has admitted helping to raise money for Blago before Obama had won the November election. So it's not like he was doing it in November.
But let's also be clear - Burris was asked in his impeachment proceedings testimony if he had any contacts with Blago family members or insiders about raising money and he didn't reveal a bunch of the facts that are flowing out now.
In other words, he wasn't asked the Silver Bullet Question, so he didn't give the Silver Bullet Answer at the time.
"Roland Burris Resign," thundered the editorial from the Chicago Tribune.
"The benefit of the doubt had already been stretched thin and taut by the time Roland Burris offered his third version of the events leading to his appointment to the U.S. Senate," the Trib began.
"It finally snapped like a rubber band, popping him on that long Pinocchio nose of his, when he came out with version four."
What do my Spidey Senses tell me? Burris is a Senator now, but it doesn't mean he's going to be a Senator for very long.
Whether it's state prosecutors who push on him, or state leaders in both parties, the Governor, or maybe the Senate, led by the Ethics Committee, there isn't much value right now in Burris Futures.
Not that there was anyway.
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