Daley's name rises from dust

John Kass explains why federal prosecutors aren't mentioning Mayor Daley's name concerning the many scandals going on in Chicago:

The feds still regret what happened seven years ago.

George Ryan was the Illinois secretary of state campaigning for governor and hounded by the license-for-bribes scandal. It came with a body count, including the six Willis children burned alive in a crash with an unqualified bribe-paying trucker. Back then, U.S. Atty. Scott Lassar was asked if Ryan was a target of the Safe Roads probe. Lassar said Ryan wasn't.

Ryan used that statement as a clean political bill of health from the federal prosecutor, and became governor. This current U.S. attorney is not about to make the same mistake.