John Stroger, Bill Lipinski and Emil Jones (from top left) decided to keep it in the family by passing their political power on to their sons, Todd Stroger, Dan Lipinski and Emil Jones III (from bottom left).
(Sun-Times/AP)
Illinois state politics smitten with incurable plague
Carol Marin: Nepotitis. Unlike erectile dysfunction, the heartbreak of psoriasis or restless leg syndrome, there's no treatment for this one. No vaccine to prevent it. No antibodies to battle it. Nepotitis is that rabid contagion of the Illinois political persuasion that infects whole families.
Conventional wisdom isn't a great idea 
Corruption- weary shrug
Not the kind of Maverick we once knew 
