Wow, This is Rich

"I tried to stop him?"

• In his 47 years, one of John Harris' biggest regrets, his lawyer said Wednesday, is what he did in 2005.

  He took a job with one Rod R. Blagojevich.

  "Working for Gov. Blagojevich was an extraordinarily difficult thing to do for the most honest of public servants, which John Harris is," said Harris' attorney, Terry Ekl.

• Throughout Harris' 26-page plea deal, prosecutors repeatedly say Harris warned his ex-boss against wrongdoing or simply refused to carry out Blagojevich's orders because Harris believed they were illegal.

Did Harris notify the Feds? Did Harris enlist the help of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan? Did Harris file any briefs with the Federal hiring monitor or anyone else actively investigating the corrupt practices of Blago? In fact, since everyone now knows that there were a number of wires recording everything Blago said and did, is there even a single instance of Harris stepping up to the plate on tape and saying, "This corruption must stop!"

We didn't think so.

Harris got nailed dirty and we can only hope that as part of the plea deal, the feds put his balls in a vice and started asking questions about local corruption. Because any deviation from the truth regarding any question put to Harris means his plea deal is out the window and he's looking at some lengthy federal time. And Harris didn't move from CPD Brass (civilian) to Daley budget director to Aviation Chief to Blago chief-of-staff without being party to a whole bunch of questionable shit.