Chicago politics long has had a deserved national reputation for sleaziness. In announcing his retirement plans too late for other Democrats to vie for the open seat while secretly dispatching his organization to collect signatures for his chief of staff to succeed him, U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García wrote his own inauspicious chapter in that not-so-grand tradition.

This page condemned his ignoble action, but, in the days since, we’ve still been surprised to see this addition to the Chicago wall of shame gain so much national attention.

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a moderate Democrat representing a swing district in Washington state, courageously introduced a measure to reprimand García for his stunt. Heckled by fellow Democrats as she spoke Monday on the House floor, a clearly n

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