The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
It has long been claimed that Rahm Emanuel wanted to find someone to keep his congressional seat warm while he served as President Obama's chief of staff.
Now, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned that Emanuel wanted then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich to appoint Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool to his 5th Congressional District seat.
That noted Illinois constitutional expert Rahm Emanuel forgot something:
Blagojevich did not have the authority to appoint somebody to the congressional seat, as Emanuel had thought.
Rahm Emanuel: friend of Rod Blagojevich.
