Gov. Pat Quinn today flatly refused to apologize for his testimonials to the honesty of his now-indicted predecessor, Rod Blagojevich, when the two ran for re-election as a team in 2006.

"No, I don't think apologies are necessary," Quinn said after an Earth Day event at the Executive Mansion. "I think, what we want to do is, if people find out things that aren't right, you roll up your sleeves and you correct them. That's what I have believe in all my life."

Quinn defended Blagojevich as they sought re-election in October 2006--just weeks before voters went the ballot box and five months after federal investigators revealed they were investigating "endemic hiring fraud" in the Blagojevich administration.

Quinn, then lieutenant governor, maintained Blagojevich had "always been a person who's honest and one of integrity."

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