Honestly, my friend.
It might be an Internet legend, but I remember seeing a list of all these horrific crimes that went something like this:
XX% of this group has been convicted of a felony.
YY% of this group has been arrested for drunken driving.
etc.
And of course, at the end of the list, you discover "this group" is the U.S. Congress.
Here in Massachusetts, we have 60-year-old legislators who still live with their mothers, outright liars who "forget" to pay income taxes, etc. ad nauseum. We're supposed to look to these people for moral guidance? Hell: we actually have legislators who oppose tougher drunken driving laws. Oppose!
In the 1990's we had a president that while in office committed perjury and obstruction of justice and was allowed to stay in office. This didn't happen in secrecy and we only found out after he was out of office. The whole country knew about it while it was happening. I can't think of a worse message that congress has sent to the people than to say that it's okay to be a cheat and a liar.