It isn't often that a politician admits to making a mistake, let
alone a mistake in judgment, particularly when they're running
But such was the case when Senator Barack Obama recently
characterized a real estate transaction that took place in
The transaction in question involved Senator and Mrs. Obama
and the wife of Tony Rezko, a well known Syrian-born
a previous debate, Senator Obama claimed that his only
Now, the Senator has amended that somewhat to admit that
he took Rezko on a tour of his $1.5 million mansion on
the south side of Chicago prior to purchasing it--the same
the same seller, and then later sold it to the Obamas.
Sun-Times, has been covering details of the Rezko case
for some time now; there is gavel to gavel coverage
of the trial here.
While it might not have long term negative political
impact for Obama, it's certain to be a gnat he'd prefer
to swat away, and an even bigger pest for Illinois'
