This morning, WBEZ reported some recent comments by Sen. Dick Durbin on the prospect of a constitutional convention in Illinois. Durbin is clearly fed up with the environment in Springfield and is open to ways of shaking things up (though he wouldn't get into specifics):

DURBIN: I wouldn't rule it out. I think we ought to look at it honestly and decide whether there's anything that needs to be done in our constitution that really addresses some of the problems we're facing today and really, what breaks some of the gridlock we've seen in our state capital.

Listen here.

And for more on the Con-Con debate, check out Adam's feature article on the topic, as well as Medill's ongoing reporting.