To the victor in the Bears’ stadium race go the spoiled

Chicago lost out on the future of the Bears the day then-Mayor Richard M. Daley agreed to drop a gigantic toilet-bowl seat on dumpy, old Soldier Field and call it a renovation. (Quinn Harris/Getty Images)

I was wondering when it would get to this. Because it always does.

You know, the shoulder-shrugging, second-guessing, third-guessing, maybe-I’ll-take-my-ball-and-go-home posturing by the powerful rich kid who’s asking the neighborhood for a ‘‘favor.’’