When you couple GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady's call for a lower state minimum wage with the earlier revelation that his business losses allowed him to pay no state or federal taxes on the income he earned in 2008 and 2009, you've got the makings of a compelling political hit.  Thankfully, Gov. Pat Quinn is seizing on it.  "A lot of people on minimum wage pay far more taxes than [Brady]," Quinn said to reporters yesterday.  "And then he has the gall to go around Illinois and say we ought to cut the wages of a million people who make the minimum wage?"  Watch the governor's remarks below, via Illinois Statehouse News:

And speaking of Brady, check out the latest "faux campaign ad" from local comedian Mike Wilson.

UPDATE (4:37 p.m.): Brady backtracked on his stance during a speech this afternoon, telling the Chicago City Club audience that the state should freeze its minimum wage rate until the lower federal figure "catch[es] up."