The fine folks at WHAS11.com have loaded my entire interview with Local 862 President Rocky Comito on WHAS11.com.

In it, Comito makes the UAW's case for the auto industry bailout, defends the union and the wages and benefits earned by local autoworkers, says they will not agree to any more concessions, and acknowledges for the first time publicly that he himself has taken the buyout from Ford.

Regardless of whether you agree with Comito's positions, he has been a solid citizen and has always been upfront with me. I will miss him when he steps down from his post in 2011.

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