* State Sen. Kirk Dillard was on a Quincy radio station this morning. A quote…

“Pat Quinn didn’t lift a finger to pass pension reform.”

…Said the guy who voted “No” on pension reform yesterday.

Dillard, by the way, talked about another reason for voting against the bill yesterday. He’s concerned about how all those savings were going to be spent.

* Dillard appeared on the show with his running mate, Rep. Jil Tracy, who voted for the pension reform bill yesterday. Go to the six-minute mark to watch her try to explain her difference of opinion with Dillard…

* Rep. Tracy said she thought the bill was a “fair and reasonable solution.” More…

“I felt like this was a very decent product to put out there and it did pass very narrowly, but I came at it from a different point of reference and as a conference committee member I did support it.”

* The night before, Dillard spoke to a Quincy tea party meeting…

He said he voted against in-state tuition for illegal immigrants noting that State Sen. Bill Brady [voted for it].

More…

“I am the one candidate that I believe will receive substantial African American support… I believe that if I’m the nominee, Rev. James Meeks, the largest black Baptist pastor in the City of Chicago, a congregation of 20,000 people, will endorse me for governor.”

Video…

* Dillard also spoke on today’s radio program about the Barack Obama campaign TV ad he appeared in…

“He used a clip of mine and I never thought it would get on TV.”

Um, OK.