Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich must really have a lot of time on his hands.  First was the royal decree forcing pharmacists to sell contraceptives, now he wants to restrict the kinds of video games sold by businesses to children.

At first, the legislature was going to give jail time to anyone who violated the law, but the Senate pulled that proposal.  And note; this is despite several other courts having ruled against these kinds of laws in the past.

One senator was very honest as to why he voted for the bill:

Still, even some critics said they would not vote against the measure for fear it would be used against them politically.

"I'm going to vote for this bill, but I'm voting for it for one reason — because this is a political bill," said Sen. Mike Jacobs. "If I vote against it, it will show up in a campaign mail piece."

Well, at least people can't say he isn't honest.

I suppose there isn't any pressing issues to discuss, and everything is going great in Illinois, hence they can deal with pressing issues like this.  I only wish they would be as interested in saving taxpayers a little money in the process.