From the Good Folks Who Brought You Rod Blagojevich

The Wall Street Journal reports:

In Illinois, there's always an angle -- even when it comes to cleaning up political corruption.

Back in December, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested by the feds for allegedly trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat. The embarrassing headlines drove the legislature to impeach Blago and remove him from office.

Now, the new governor, Democrat Patrick Quinn, wants to cleanse the state's reputation by passing new campaign-finance restrictions that would, conveniently, give him a leg up in next year's election campaign. They won't change the tone or substance of Illinois politics, but they would ensnare candidates for state office in the same kind of regulatory morass now in effect at the federal level.

This week, the Illinois Reform Commission, a blue-ribbon group created by Mr. Quinn, released its 100-Day Report, proposing a broad swath of post-Blago reforms it hopes the state legislature will consider before it breaks at the end of May. At the top of the list: a series of campaign-finance measures, including banning contributions from lobbyists, creating a pilot program for publicly financing judicial campaigns, and capping contributions at $2,400 for individuals and $5,000 for political committees.

For a greater understanding of Rod Blagojevich's past.It's not like we didn't warn people before Blago got arrested.