Bill Daley attacks Quinn, Lisa Madigan on pension reform

Democratic governor candidate Bill Daley injected campaign politics into the simmering policy debate on public pension reform Monday, chastising Gov. Pat Quinn for a lack of leadership and potential candidate Attorney General Lisa Madigan for remaining mum on the issue. The comments come ahead of Wednesday's special session called by Quinn to try to get lawmakers to resolve a government employee pension debt that's approaching $100 billion and eating up money that otherwise could be spent on education, health care or paying down billions in old bills. Daley, a former White House chief of staff and Cabinet member and brother of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, accused the Democratic governor of...