other. >> we called governor blagojevich even as recently as january of 2007 a he r., quote, eptional leader. >> lying about professional career something that follows in the political trail. >> kirk got the flood of mud rolling when the family bank collapsed it was already a problem for the democratic candidate and kirk kept it and the bank's shady customers front and center in tv appearances in tv ads. >> he made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. >> even when asked last week about fiscal policy, kirk went on a brief tangent about the good old days. >> when we didn't lend money to mobsters. >> i have learned over the last year and a half that sometimes have you got to punch back. >> and his campaign swung and connected on kirk's truthfulness. >> last week he lied. >> with help from the campaign, a series of news reports hammered kirk for his inaccurate accounts that he personally received a military award that went to his entire unit. >> i'm not going to spend a lot of time talking about the fact that he has lied about his