The most powerful man in Illinois is feeling the heat from the state’s worst-in-the-nation financial crisis. With S&P downgrading Illinois’ credit rating again last week and Gov. Quinn forced to cancel a much needed loan, the state’s top Democrats appear to be turning on each other. In a harsh letter from Speaker Madigan to the AFL-CIO three days ago, the 30-year House Speaker blames the unions for the state’s insurmountable problems.

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