(CNN)-- Anyone who doubts Roland Burris' qualifications to serve as the next senator from Illinois may want to head to Chicago's Oak Woods Cemetery. There, Burris, whom embattled Illinois Gov.

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Roland Burris speaks before a Senate committee to prove he has no connection to the Blagojevich scandal and that he is deserving for the position of Illinois Senator. Courtesy Fox News.