Cook County Board President Todd Stroger may have been thinking impolite words related to reproduction when he hinted he would not veto a tax repeal bill he had previously threatened to axe.

"Why do an exercise in fertility? If they don’t really care about what happens — if they don’t think they need the money, then say nothing and we’ll just let it happen," Stroger fumed in an interview with WLS-AM radio. He obviously meant to say "futility," but sounds like he goofed on the recording.

The comment made the headlines in the Chicago Sun-Times and will likely raise some eyebrows. Though not as many as the tax bill, which apparently is a darned-if-you-do, darned-if-you-don't situation.

Click the link for the radio interview to assure yourself that the journalist reported accurately. The comment is about two-thirds of the way through the interview.