Blago Prosecution concludes closing argument: "Hold him to these words: 'The people come first. And no one is above the law.'"

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

As prosecutor Carrie Hamilton's closing statement finished, she was greeted with silence in the courtroom.

Hamilton finished up where the government began: by bringing up a 2006 statement Rod Blagojevich made when former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was convicted.

"On this statement, I think we can actually all agree with him: he says, 'Today's verdict proves that no one is above the law, and just as important, it proves that government is supposed to exist for the good of the people, not the other way around. And certainly not for the personal enrichment of those who hold public office. The people come first."

Shortly before bringing up Blagojevich's statement, Hamilton played a tape where Blagojevich mentions President-elect Barack Obama: "I mean, you guys are telling me I just gotta suck it up for two years and do nothing. Give this mother f----- his senator. F--- him. For nothing? F--- him!"

Great moments in Illinois politics.