he insisted other and over and over again that under in no circumstances would he consider resigning, no way, no how. and then he did. suddenly, finally, yesterday. today we learned why. turns out the governor s legal team over the last few days reached out to prosecutors over the weekend seeking a deal for the governor. if they would drop a felony charge of computer tampering, which relates to the governor s campaign financing scandal, in exchange the governor would agree to resign. the kansas city star published this today. they got basically a photograph of a wrinkled copy of the agreement between the governor and the prosecutor. the deal apparently included seven terms, two of them redacted with a marker, there s a handwritten notation in the margin there that says under seal. you can also see in the thing they published, they spell it