Irony of all ironies, Patrick Fitzgerald is the prosecutor of Obama supporter Tony Rezko:

These days, Fitzgerald is back in his Chicago office, and some members of Illinois’ political elite are feeling the heat. A major trial due to get under way March 3 will focus on an alleged effort to shake down money from management firms seeking business from the $30 billion fund that pays the pensions of downstate and suburban teachers. The trial could be explosive because the defendant — real estate and fast food entrepreneur Antoin “Tony” Rezko — was a key contributor to Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. Barack Obama. When the curtain goes up, jurors won’t see or hear from Fitzgerald. More likely he’ll be sitting quietly among the spectators, watching as prosecutors on his staff grill the witnesses and deliver the oratory. “He brings a lot of passion and commitment to the job,” said Zachary T. Fardon, a former federal prosecutor under Fitzgerald who was part of the team that won a conviction against former Gov. George Ryan.

And as Andy McCarthy pointed out in The Corner this am, the case just got a lot more interesting.