The indictments keep coming. Last week Senator Terry Link joined former State Rep. Luis Arroyo, former State Senator Martin Sandoval and Senator Tom Cullerton on the list of disgraced lawmakers charged with criminal wrongdoing in just the last year. The Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, identified in federal documents as “Public Official A,” appears to be at the epicenter of the federal investigation into political corruption in Illinois, and the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois has assured us that his work is not done. More indictments are coming. You can count on it.

Sadly, indictments for bribery, tax fraud, embezzlement, and the like are nothing new here. Illinois is home to five governors who have gone to prison. Other former statewide office holders have also done time for federal crimes, and our current Auditor General Frank Mautino, the state's chief financial watchdog, remains under investigation for shady campaign spending practices.