This one has a future in Illinois rat politics.
Posted this on another thread, applies on this one too:
Not to be suspicious, but I am, this has been sitting on the burner since 2009, when they first started watching this guy. Suddenly, when the talks in Congress are breaking down as to budget cuts with the Super Committee, they bust this guy yesterday, so that the headline is today, the day the Super Committee appears to have failed in their efforts. Bloomberg said the Feds were involved with the decision as to the timing of this arrest. Funny that. Now, I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but, could this be called changing the subject?