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Amazing. Califano is more than a bit disingenuous about the main source of the problem in the current House (and Senate) leadership -- it's the utterly depraved hyper-partisanship of the Demagogues, which makes it so difficult to do any kind of honest inquiry about ANYTHING in a "bi-partisan" way..... but Califano does casually reveal the VAST difference in how the 'Rats and how the Republicans deal with misconduct, and there IS a difference. Crane knew he could not keep his seat and resigned, while Studds knew he could get his 'Rat constituency to overlook his gross sexual misconduct and multiple attempts to seduce other male pages (so much for the "we protect the children" mantra of Nancy Pelosi et al):

"We did find that Rep. Daniel Crane (R-Ill.) had had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female page and that Rep. Gerry Studds (D-Mass.) had sexual relations with a 17-year-old male page and had made advances to other teenage male pages. When I reported our findings to O'Neill and Michel, the dishonor that these members had brought on the House infuriated the two leaders. "Get it out," they said, "and let the committee recommend disciplinary action," which its four Democratic and four Republican members did, unanimously, in July 1983. Crane and Studds were censured by the House. Crane resigned his seat. Studds chose to stay on and was retained in office by his constituents for 13 more years."