Access is one of the most valuable commoditie high level officials can sell.
Being a lifelong resident of The Gay State (Massachusetts) I'm as proud as a peacock to acknowledge that the last three Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (all Rats) have gone to Federal prison for selling "access".
And the current Mayor of Boston (a Rat and former union thug) is currently being investigated by the Feds.
And,last but not least,to get a detailed picture of Massachusetts politics I'd encourage you to see "Black Mass",a *true* story about one of the nation's most notorious serial killers and his kid brother,former Majority Leader of the Massachusetts State Senate and President of the University of Massachusetts.