It’s foreign to you because you’re not in a position of power filled with perks and you’re not addicted to those perks. I’d bet 90% of the congress could be blackmailed and all of them would cave if it meant not doing so would cost them their perks.
Ross Perot must really be disappointed. We can NOT find 535 honorable men and women to serve.
Oh, I'm pretty sure we could. The question is; "Why would they want to?"
I think Groucho Marx said something to the effect that "I wouldn't want to join a club that would have me."