Senate Seat for Sale?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010

David Mendell, Chicago Magazine blogger and the author of Obama: From Promise to Power, talks about the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich on corruption charges, including allegations that he sought to gain from the appointment to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat.

Question of the Day: How much would you pay to get Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat? And what would be at the top of your policy agenda?

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