I think it's entirely his own undoing, but the good-government groups definitely decided to focus on him.
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It just does not fit into what else he has done. He has presented himself as a good-government person - and he does have a record of reform - which is why people are at a loss as to why he would spend significant sums of public money on promoting himself.
If you put a conservative in as insurance commissioner, I have no idea what he might do. You're having policy wonks, good-government types, meeting head on with movement conservatives. In politics, success breeds more interest.
Voinovich is a good-government guy. He is an ally with us on a number of issues.