For decades, former House Speaker Michael Madigan and everyone around him insisted the man was always very scrupulous and extremely careful about not only the language that he used, but the language he allowed to be used in his presence.
For instance, if a property tax client of his law firm began to speak about legislation they were interested in, Madigan insisted he would immediately stop the conversation in its tracks and inform the client that he could do nothing for them. And nobody else ever said otherwise.
