Illinois Senate holds private meeting at statehouse
Update by Michelle Manchir at 3:34 p.m.
Democratic Senate President John Cullerton backed down today after facing criticism for closing the Senate doors for a private briefing for lawmakers, saying he wouldn't do it again.
"But you know what, since everybody seems to be pretty upset about it – it's not that big a deal – we just won't do it anymore. We'll go back to our separate ways of having our own separate party caucuses," Cullerton told reporters this afternoon.
"Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music"
