From The Times:

It was a story state Sen. Frank Watson, R-Greenville, the Senate minority leader, told with relish at Thursday’s golf outing dinner for Sen. Gary Dahl, R-Granville.

It was about how Watson said he turned an embarrassing moment for himself into one for Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Watson told the story to highlight the state’s slippage to 45th nationwide in terms of job creation, which he blamed on the business tax policies of the Blagojevich administration.

Watson said while at a Chicago reception he was introduced to two economic development officials from Indiana.

“They said, ‘We want to thank you, because what you’ve done in Illinois, we could have never done for ourselves. You’ve created more jobs in Indiana because of your policies in Illinois.’ ”

Watson said he was protesting being associated with the changes when his cell phone rang and it turned out to be Blagojevich.

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