how is it that the common folk must be drug tested to stay employed and government officials just do whatever they please
After knowing a few alcoholics in my life, if he has to keep checking himself in to dry out for a couple of days like this, there's little doubt that he's way past the point where his day cannot start without a blast or three. Without it, the Morning Shakes would be more than obvious.
I'd bet the farm that he couldn't pass a breathalyzer 90% of the time he is in the Capital Building, casting votes to enact laws that determine how WE live OUR lives.