Give the shrewd governor credit.

Give this guy Rod Blagojevich credit. He's the shrewd governor of Illinois. Accused of trying to auction off a vacancy in the U.S. Senate to the highest bidder. That allegation based on his tape-recorded phone conversations. Such a brouhaha. The Illinois state legislature is trying to impeach Blagojevich. And the majority leader in the U.S. Senate initially said he won't accept any appointee by Blagojevich. Because the governor's choice would be tainted by implication. But Blagojevich appointed Roland Burris, a former Illinois state attorney general. And Burris appears to be squeaky clean and as uncorruptible as they come. A good appointment. And the U.S. Senate seems backed in a corner and more or less obligated to accept Burris. And it'll give Blagojevich an argument that he always intended to do the right thing -- if and when he goes on trial for bribery and corruption charges. --Jim Broede