Do you think there's a teensy-weensy conflict?

(or just business-as-usual, aka the Chicago Way):

Pro-Obamacare Professor is on the Federal Payroll [Daniel Foster via NRO]

An M.I.T. professor — whose "expert analyses" in favor of the Democrat health-care bill are frequently cited in the media — is on the administration payroll to the tune of $300,000. More at On the News.