The answer is obvious

Article in the Christian Science Monitor postulating whether Congress can police its ethics. “With a flurry of corruption indictments and related plea agreements threatening to become a storm, Congress is feeling the heat on ethics reform.”

"We don't really have an ethics process any more in the Congress, so that these things are not exposed or considered until this becomes a criminal law case," says former Rep. Lee Hamilton (D), who served as a member of the House ethics panel and as vice chair of the 9/11 commission. "Somebody has to begin to think of the institution: How does conduct impact public opinion of the Congress. Today, members often take delight in making themselves look good and the institution look bad. That can only go so far and still have a representative democracy," he adds.

Would be nice to have some grownups in charge. Grownups – people who actually thought about working for the good of America. Grownups – people who actually represented their districts instead of wearing kneepads for the Bushies. Grownups - not the cronies, lapdogs, crooks, and religio extremist nut cases currently in office.
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