This is the day we thought would never come, and then we thought it might, and after that it just became a matter of time, except the time kept dragging out for so long that even former House Speaker Michael Madigan must have wanted federal prosecutors to just get it over with and charge him.
After a yearslong investigation that already chased Madigan from office, U.S. Attorney John Lausch dropped the hammer Wednesday on the once powerful Democratic politician who continued to strongly proclaim his innocence but must know he has a difficult fight ahead.
