Blagojevich'd

Well, that didn't take long at all.

Illinois House votes 114-1 in favor of sending an impeachment case to their Senate counterparts, where a vote of guilty on any count by at least 40 of the body's 59 members at the conclusion of his trial would suffice to send Rod down in flames.

Y'gotta like the odds in favor a whole bunch, but there's not a lot of value in it. Stick to the spread on the actual votes as specific impeachment articles emerge from the House.

Let's take a quick detour back to the origins of this. Blago couldn't've pulled off this massive skein of corruption without plenty of help and friends in low places getting the green light, and with this in mind, I present to you this elegant little tale from The New Yorker. Money:

[Edward Hospital president and CEO Ms. Pamela] Davis taped all sorts of incriminating conversations, but she never quite got used to spycraft. “The wire is a little tiny square thing I put inside my bra. I thought it would fall out all the time,” she said. “Oh, the logistics of getting this stuff done! One morning, I had to meet one of the F.B.I. guys in my office at 6 A.M. so he could hook up a wire to tap my phone. He was under my desk, on the floor. It looks kinky! My administrative assistant pops her head in, and there’s this man under my desk, and she says, ‘Oh, my goodness,’ and leaves. And I go, ‘What am I supposed to tell her?’ He says, ‘I don’t know. That never happened to me before.’”

With that and other similarly pleasant notions in mind, I bid you a terrific weekend.