Patrick-LaGuer, cont.

Published Oct 05 2006, 10:50 AM by Adam Reilly

More in today's Globe on the connection between Deval Patrick and convicted rapist Benjamin LaGuer: Andrea Estes reports that Patrick actually helped pay for the 2002 DNA test that upheld LaGuer's connection to the crime in question.

Also today: Blue Mass. Group's Charley on the MTA notes that some experts remain unconvinced that the test's results were legit. (Charley's post also cites some serious shortcomings in the original case against LaGuer.)

The problem--for Patrick and his supporters--is that at this point, the story here isn't LaGuer's guilt or innocence. It's Patrick's inability or unwillingness to accurately describe his involvement with the case from the outset. If Kerry Healey capitalizes on this inability/unwillingness to win support from undecideds and soft Patrick backers, Patrick himself will be largely to blame.

P.S.--Is it just me, or does Patrick's clumsy handling of this issue remind anybody else of Tom Reilly and Southborough?