Blagojevich out

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been unanimously convicted by the state senate on impeachment charges, ousted from office, and banned from ever again seeking elective office in Illinois.

In a trial involving the same charges he's facing in a criminal investigation, he was denied the right to call any witness in his defense who might be called in the criminal trial.

One may well applaud the result, while deploring the manner of its obtaining.