Things got testy, once again, at the final televised debate last night between Illinois Senate candidates Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Rep. Mark Kirk. The race has been mired in negative ads, accusations and scandals on both sides for months, and that atmosphere carried over into last night.According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Kirk accused Giannoulias of flip-flopping on his support for TARP, which Giannoulias has argued did not include strong enough oversight provisions. Giannoulias countered that Kirk had voted for TARP, but not to limit executive pay. “Congressman Kirk, because he’s bought and paid for by the corporate special interests, voted against it,” Giannoulias said. Kirk pressed Giannoulias for a yes or no on whether or not he would have voted for TARP, and Giannoulias said that he was in favor of it.
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