I will lose all my respect for Dick Durbin if he follows through with what he is currently pondering:

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said today he is considering whether to ask President Bush to commute the corruption sentence of former Gov. George Ryan. […]

“Let’s look at the price he has paid,” Durbin said of Ryan, 74. “His family name has been damaged. He has, at an advanced moment of his life, been removed from his family. He has lost the economic security which most people count on at his age. And he is separate from his wife at a time when she is in frail health. To say that he has paid a price for his wrongdoing, he certainly has. And the question is whether continued imprisonment is appropriate at this point.” [Trib]

You know who I bet would like to weigh in on this? The six Willis children.

Oh right, they can’t because they were killed by an unqualified truck driver who bribed Ryan’s office for a license when he was Secretary of State. Surely it must’ve just slipped Dick’s mind.

Let Ryan’s heart “ache” while the old bastard rots in his cell.