Yes I long for the days of "my worthy opponent" but in those days the opponents were generally worthy. Standards were higher. The concepts of being disgraced and hanging your head in shame were still alive. In the disgusting era of Studds, McGreevy, Foley, Clintoon, Frank, and now the demented "author" Webb (really, who thinks of such things?)politicians usually deserve what little mud does get thrown at them.
Those were the days when a man could challenge another to a duel if they were offended. Perhaps,......naw.