>> if i might add, this man is under investigation, he has his own problems with federal authorities, he's under investigation and he was a witness in the blagojevich case. >> which is all the more reason to view with some skepticism what he says. and i do think this allegation that jackson offered to raise $6 million for blagojevich in return for the senate seat is kind of absurd on its face. jesse jackson can't snap his fingers and raise $6 million. he doesn't have $6 million. i don't think that is going to go anywhere. but buying tickets for this woman, potentially a girlfriend, that very much fits within the definition of gift under the congressional rules, and it does seem to be a flat violation of the congressional gift ban, particularly since he didn't report it. that could certainly generate an ethics committee investigation, a censure. mostly it's a political embarrassment that will limit jesse jackson's political career at a time when the mayoralty is