The Business of Government (NYT)

the only honest politician in the bunch

once you set up a massive flow of money for some program or another, a small cut is taken for the legislators controlling it

that's why the govenment loves huge programs for anything at all, it doesn't matter what

Cunningham had an objective and up-front rate sheet and played without favorites, is all

There are any number of object lessons in the downfall of former Representative Randy Cunningham, the greedy politician who took millions of dollars in bribes.