House Speaker Michael Madigan told reporters earlier this month that he'd had a "frank discussion" with Governor Bruce Rauner, "and I gave him good, solid advice."
Word is that advice had two parts.
First, the governor needs to find a way to get himself out of this long overtime-session, no-state-budget mess.
Second, if the governor thinks he can get himself out of this mess by somehow breaking the speaker's will, he's mistaken.
But the governor isn't giving up. In fact, he's doubled down.