Ousted gov. explains himself in book

CHICAGO (AP) - Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich writes in a new book that he was "repulsed" by his plan to appoint Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to the Senate seat that Roland Burris eventually got.

In "The Governor," Blagojevich writes that the night before his arrest in December, he had launched a plan to appoint Madigan. He wanted to do it to cut a deal on pet projects with her father -- powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

The projects included a statewide construction program and health care expansion.

Blagojevich contends U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald stopped him from doing "a lot of good for a lot of people."

Lisa Madigan isn't talking about the plan, which Blagojevich says was ruined by his arrest.

A Madigan spokeswomen says the attorney general hasn't read the book and doesn't intend to.