Bold Berlusconi

The Italian PM says he won't resign even if convicted of any of the multiple charges of crookedness against him.  Of course he doesn't really say it, he lets a new book say it for him.  From the New York Times:

The book containing the full interview, "Donne di Cuori" (Queens of Heart), was written by one of Italy's best-known television journalists, Bruno Vespa, and will be published on November 6.

His counter-attack against "communist" judges is classic.  So is this snippit of rationale: 

"If there were a conviction in trials like these, we would be facing such a big subversion of the truth that I would feel even more duty bound to stay in my post to defend democracy and the rule of law," he said.