Gov. Frank O'Bannon finally came out of his cubby hole last week to broker a deal that not only would save a proposed tougher standard for drunken driving, but also would preserve millions of dollars for Hoosier highways.
Money has that effect on people.
Still, lawmakers have been stewing over the federal power play and started attaching extraneous amendments. The ploy had Sen. Tom Wyss, the key 0.08 proponent in recent years, so miffed that he pulled his bill off the table. The move might have doomed the 0.08 measure and kept Indiana's highway funding in question for another two years. The games had gone far enough and needed the intervention O'Bannon finally provided. He smoothed feathers and put a clean 0.08 bill back in play.