Actually, the $2600 was not really a large sum to turn someone. As the famous Willie Brown said, if you can’t take their money, ______ their women, and vote against them, you aren’t much of a politician.
[Of lobbyists and California legislators:] If you can't take their money, drink their booze, screw their women, and look them in the eye and vote against them, you don't belong here. ―Jesse M. Unruh