Roland Burris is on TV givinga speech defending himself against allegations he lied about his role in being solicited and then trying to help raise money for Rod Blagojevich to help get the senate seat. And it’s basically identical to a series of speeches Blago himself gave when he was swirling around the bowl: How dare you give me any crap for lying about that fundraising stuff when, my god, I just helped pass the Stimulus Bill, SCHIP and the Lily Ledbetter bill.
It’s almost like a homage to Blago. All he needs is a good Tennyson quote.
If that’s kind of what Burris said, Lynn Sweet remarks that he had little to do with those measures:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/02/burris_making_speech_at_chicag.html