Some people you can really count on. Some you can’t count on at all.

Both statements pretty much sum up Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. As in “you can count on not being able to count on him.”

Blagojevich recently signed a pay raise for legislators, after promising during his campaign that he would definitely not sign any such pay raise. Oops.

As one legislator of the governor’s own party put it: “He’ll say anything and do the exact opposite. For him to do a complete flip-flop, I would say, it’s the only consistent thing he does.”

Why did the governor go back on his word? Well, you know, he wanted to bribe legislators and, now I’m just guessing, he really didn’t want to use his own money. So Blagojevich gave legislators a nearly 10 percent pay raise using taxpayers’ money.

The Governor explained his flip-flop: “I want to say this in a nice way, but that [salary increase] seems to be, among many legislators, the single biggest priority for them.” What does he want? The Chicago Tribune stated it plainly: “a massive expansion of state-subsidized health care.”

What is it with bribery and Illinois governors? Former Governor George Ryan was convicted of taking bribes. Now Governor Blagojevich is making bribes . . . to the entire legislature.

The governor should have kept his campaign pledge — kept his word. That’s the right thing to do, even if you do stumble upon a really good political opportunity for bribery.

This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.