Will the old argument that private conduct is irrelevant to the quality of public service once again be offered when, and if, that time comes?
"He who is void of virtuous Attachments in private Life, is, or very soon will be void of all Regard for his Country. There is seldom an Instance of a Man guilty of betraying his Country, who had not before lost the Feeling of moral Obligations in his private Connections." - Letter to James Warren, November 4, 1775
Ooops, that quotation is from Samuel Adams.