Really just bought and sold

The odds are pretty good that neither Gary Hart ("If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very, bored.") and John Edwards will ever be President, which goes to show that challenging the press to look into your secret romantic life doesn't always work out that well. But how about challenging a prosecutor to look into your ethics in governing?

Rod Blagojevich, yesterday:

I should say that if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go ahead. Feel free to do it. I appreciate anybody who wants to tape me openly and notoriously. And those who feel like they want to sneakily and wear a taping devices, I would remind them that it kind of smells like Nixon and Watergate.

Style points for Blago. The analogy to Nixon when facing possible indictment for corruption and the threat of impeachment by his legislative branch is a nice touch.

As a TPM reader pointed out, "People in Chicago have repeatedly said that he's like George W. Bush but not as bright."