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The problem is that as long as humans are voted into office we will get some evil into that position for "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God."

Consider this quote from Paul from Romans 7:
14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
16And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.
17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
19For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.
20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

Paul recognized more than anyone that he was not above reproach and he was continually battling his sin nature. Basically, in sum, all humans are evil because they carry the sin nature. Does that mean we should not try to fight it? Of course not.

Dr. Keyes has often discussed -- in his public town-hall-style telephone conference calls this year -- the question of whether the old adage about "making the perfect the enemy of the good" applies to his decision to leave the GOP. First off, he assures folks that he does not claim to be perfect. But he does claim to love God, and that a major aspect of this deep and abiding love is an equally deep and abiding desire to do God's will. McCain's pro-choice public policy position on abortion and his failure to see marriage as a natural institution that government cannot justly redefine are examples of why his nomination represents a stark departure of the GOP from the striving to do God's will. I'm going to print out copies of this excellent essay and drop it off with my neighbors. Keyes can win this election -- with God changing one voter's mind at a time. Might you, my fellow Freepers, have a role in this too?