Tom Suozzi attacked Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, his rival for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, for his high-profile lawsuit against Richard Grasso and members of the New York Stock Exchange. Newsday's story:

"It has nothing to do with the traditional role of the attorney general of the state of New York," Suozzi said at a campaign forum in Queens sponsored by Newsday, the Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council and other groups...

Former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall succeeded Langone as head of the compensation committee, and was its chairman at the time the deal was approved by the committee. Grasso resigned under fire in September 2003, a month after signing the new contract, which Spitzer called excessive.

"And when Spitzer did the lawsuit, he did the lawsuit against Langone and Grasso," Suozzi said. "He didn't do the lawsuit against Carl McCall, who is the head of the compensation committee."

McCall, a former candidate for governor, has long been a power in state Democratic politics.

Spitzer, in public, may have to say on-the-record why McCall gets a pass on the lawsuit while he is suing others, who are less involved, personally. More "Reporting for Duty" blowback?