The thing that comes to my mind about Barbour was after an election, I think 92, liberals in Congress wanted his head and I think it had to do with campaign $$$$ while running the RNC.
Course the speech god McCain has sorted all that out, he helped birth $ORO$ to buy the Congress.
The allegations are that while the grifters from Hope were selling secrets to the PLA for campaign cash Barbour was shaking down the KMT on Taiwan for same.
Difference seems to be that BJ Bill & Company were accused of selling secrets and Barbour of peddling influence.