CHICAGO, Dec 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Representatives of Illinois SEIU have been in communication with the United States Attorney’s Office in Chicago, and we have no reason to believe that SEIU or any SEIU official was involved in any misconduct relating to the charges against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The SEIU and Tom Balanoff, Illinois SEIU State Council President, are fully cooperating with the federal investigation. Out of respect for the legal process, we are not sharing any further information.

My guess is that Balanoff may well have been said he’d run it up the ladder and lied about that whole part about running it up the ladder.  That SEIU saw the Governor as a problem more than an ally in recent months isn’t a big secret.