Emanuel says he 'made a mistake' in naming school after Obama

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday he “made a mistake” in his “rush to honor” President Barack Obama — which is why he dropped plans to name a new, $60 million selective-enrollment high school on the Near North Side after his former boss.

The mayor seldom second-guesses himself in public for fear it might be viewed as a sign of weakness. It’s hard to remember the last time he uttered the words, “I made a mistake.”

Imagine that.