[Paleo Conservative]

Fitz had not a whiff of corruption about him and amassed the best record for an IL Senator since Everett Dirksen, but his problem was that he was pledged to weeding out the corruption in BOTH parties, and for that, he had to be gotten rid of.

He would have been in a stronger position if he had waited till he had been reelected to start his crusade.

[fieldmarshaldj]

If he had waited 6 years to begin his "crusade", he would've been rightly accused of being a party to the antics. I'm just sorry he didn't choose to fight it out, but I can hardly blame him for stepping down. If our own party isn't interested in cleaning up its act, what's the point ?