Blago’s crime is the standard operating procedure for politics. The basic political currency is favors and debts. Every politician does what is best for him. How did Michelle O. get put on all those boards? She’s that talented?
Blago’s sin was crossing his FIL and Mike Madigan. Two of the most powerful men in the state. Every senator who sat in judgment is just as guilty as the man they condemned.
Which may explain the Soviet-style show trial they gave him.