Jesse Jackson, Jr. approached him but I don't know any more than that.

Look: this is Illinois politics. This is the dude who lived in Chicago and worked in Springfield and so he flew to and from (at State expense) so that he could be home every night (instead of living in the very nice Governor's Mansion). Ryan, the previous governor, is in jail for corruption; so was Richard Ogilvie. Paul Powell, Secretary of State back in the late 60s/early 70s, was found to have shoeboxes full of cash money in his apartment after he died. This is the State of King Richard I, the State in whose favor the US Supreme Court ruled when the systems of nepotism and favoritism in use were challenged. This is the State of Tony Resko.

This is the state of four Presidents: Lincoln, Grant, Reagan, and now Obama.

Welkome, Bienvenue, Welcome
To Illinois, to the politics,
Of Illinois.