Well, at least he is being honest about what his true motivations are at this point:
The Indiana pension funds that went all the way to the Supreme Court to try to stop the sale of Chrysler to Italy's Fiat Auto (FIA.MI) might be back again. Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock is mulling a legal motion to get the nation's highest court to rule whether the sale-which was finalized in bankruptcy court on June 10-was valid.
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Mourdock, who has already spent $2 million of Indiana's money in a failed fight to recover more cash, admits that he is also motivated by principle. Mourdock argues the government rushed the sale of Chrysler and used its influence to manipulate bankruptcy proceedings. He is also personally opposed to government ownership of business. "John Wayne never needed a bailout," Mourdock says. "Is it about money? Is it about principle? Is it about the law? Yes. It's about more than Chrysler and Indiana. When we see the law has no meaning, it sets a bad precedent."
Mourdock insists that he'll be able to recruit right-wing attorneys to represent the state free of charge, but with the state's Solicitor General committed to the case, we could see more taxpayer time and money down the tubes as Richard Mourdock fights for his ideology on our dime. And with legal experts agreeing that this could be more about stopping the GM proceedings than those revolving around Chrysler, it looks like Indiana taxpayers should get ready to foot the bill and throw good money after Mourdock's bad.
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