Catching up.... posting Friday's column about Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) paying his dad, former Rep. William Lipinski (D-Ill.), get started by clicking here...

http://www.suntimes.com/output/sweet/cst-nws-sweet03.html

Freshman Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) has been paying his father, former Rep. William Lipinski (D-Ill.), for political advice, as the plot the senior Lipinski hatched to install his Tennessee son in his seat has become the major issue of his two March Democratic primary rivals.

The senior Lipinski is affiliated with Dykema Gossett, a law firm with a federal lobbying and government affairs practice, and the Chicago office hosted a fund-raiser for Dan Lipinski last December.