But the Chicago Tribune's John McCormick didn't want to talk
basketball. He wanted to know about contacts that Obama's chief
of staff, Rahm Emanuel, had with disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod
Blagojevich.
"John, John, let me just cut you off," Obama interrupted,
"because I don't want you to waste your question." The
president-elect said the "facts are going to be released next
week" -- when he, by random coincidence, will be enjoying
Christmas vacation in Hawaii -- and "it would be inappropriate
for me to comment" before then. "So, do you have another
question?"