Graber: A secret caucus is a secret

Republican Party Chairman Rick Graber on his role in putting together the Senate version of the state budget:

Graber refused to discuss what role he was playing, Steve Walters reports on the Journal Sentinel blog. "I never talk about what I tell Senate Republicans in closed caucus," said Graber, who often rips Doyle and Democratic lawmakers for decisions made after closed-door meetings.

That certainly doesn't answer the questions raised in our earlier post, about whether Graber, the president of a major law firm with a government affairs and lobbying practice,is the appropriate person to be twisting arms and wheeling and dealing in secret on the state budget. It still doesn't pass the smell test.