Tribune Says Burris Should Resign

The Chicago Tribune is now calling for Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) to resign, calling the situation “disgraceful all around.”

(Click here for our recap of Burris’ last 24 hours).

From the paper’s editorial:

The benefit of the doubt had already been stretched thin and taut by the time Roland Burris offered his third version of the events leading to his appointment to the U.S. Senate. It finally snapped like a rubber band, popping him on that long Pinocchio nose of his, when he came out with version four.

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