“It wasn’t even cleverly disguised. It was just blatant. I didn’t know then and I still don’t know how that happened, how was it allowed to happen…If I did that they would hang me by my thumbs.
“It was very troubling to me.â€
That's Don Perata talking and Dan Weintraub reporting. Perata is the leader of California Senate Democrats and he's talking about the Reiner scandal.
(HT: Bill Bradley.)