When former Liberal insider Rocco Rossi - the one-time national director of the Liberal Party who helped bring Michael Ignatieff into federal politics - announced this week that he was running for Tim Hudak's Conservatives in the upcoming provincial election, every politician had something to say. Here's what they meant.
Rocco Rossi, Progressive Conservative candidate running for the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence
What he said: "Lots of people have changed parties when they determined that their ideals and their desire to bring change is not in alignment to where they were before."
What he meant: "My political ambition is as naked as my exquisitely smooth bald head. But unlike my exquisitely smooth bald head, my political ambition doesn't wear glasses."
What he said: "I don't believe that Dalton McGuinty represents the change that Ontario desperately needs."
What he meant: "Dalton didn't respect my bocce balls."
What he said: "I'm a Tim Hudak Conservative."
What he meant: "Hudak, on the other hand, knows a fine set of bocce balls when he sees them."
What he said: "We have a government that… wants us to 'don't worry, be happy' and just stay the course."
What he meant: "The theme of my forthcoming campaign will be 'Worry. Be angry.'"
What he said: "[McGuinty]is not the same man he was several years ago. He's lost his way, he's run out of ideas."
What he meant: "Take that idea of mine to dig that tunnel connecting the Allen Expressway to the Gardiner. I haven't given up on it. In fact, I'm thinking about extending it to Rochester, and possibly New York City. I'd like to see Dalton try that. Really, I would."
What he said: "I believe that this is the right solution not just for me but for Ontarians to bring the change that's required."
What he meant: "I'm desperate, okay? And when I get desperate, I do stupid things. But then I enjoy the attention the stupid thing brings me, which makes me do another stupid thing. I'm trapped in a cycle of addiction. I beg of you, can someone please help me?"
Tim Hudak, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
What he said: "Our party is making Toronto and the GTA a priority. The Liberals have taken the GTA for granted for far too long."
What he meant: "Either we run no one in the 416, or we go with Rossi. Which would you rather have? Wait… don't answer that."
What he said: Bringing Rossi onboard is "about momentum, about change."
What he meant: "If Rocco can bring the 5,012 votes he got in the mayoral election to Eglinton-Lawrence, he's still got a really, really, really long way to go."
Greg Sorbara, Liberal MPP for the riding of Vaughan-King-Aurora
What he said: "In politics, it's not always easy to identify the turncoats."
What he meant: "When you consider that Michael Ignatieff was all Rocco's idea, it doesn't take a genius to realize he's been working for the Conservatives the whole time."