Gov. Charlie Crist regrets not following his instinct to leave a press conference when he gets the chance. In this video, Crist returns to the podium for one last question, but quickly reverses course when he realizes it’s about recent comments from former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Blagojevich, who was impeached after a federal investigation showed he was selling an appointment to the U.S. Senate, recently criticized Crist’s U.S. Senate appointment. Crist installed his former campaign manager, George LeMieux, into the seat while Crist prepares his own campaign for the office.

Blagojevich, who maintains his innocence and is hitting the news circuit lately to promote a book, told Fox News that Crist’s decision to “hold the seat warm for him” was worse than anything Blagojevich did. Blagojevich says if he’s guilty of anything, its looking out for his state. Those claims likely will be decided by a jury.

When we caught up with Crist later, he said he didn’t know what Blagojevich had said.

Tags: appointments, George LeMieux, Rod Blagojevich

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