Do you mean that you voted for Senator Richard Durbin, Martin?--There was once a Senator Durkin, but he was from New Hampshire--but that aside, the fact that you voted for both of Illinois' Democratic Senators will rattle a few hereabouts to the bone.

Of course, it has been an article of faith hereabouts that you are a registered, dyed-in-the-wool Conservative Republican, but as I think about it, you've never exactly said that--Not that that would matter in Illinois, where, it is said, the Republican votes don't count;-)--