So looks like Pakistani politicians are not alone in their putting self-interest before national-interest. Ah well, power corrupts everywhere.
"Arrogance of Power
House Republicans Dump Inconvenient Ethics Rule
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When a congressional ethics rule poses an awkward problem for a legislative leader and his political party, what is the appropriate response?
Republicans in the House of Representatives — fresh from an election in which their party sold itself to the electorate as a guardian of moral clarity and high principle — have delivered their unequivocal answer: Heck, just get rid of the rule.
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The Republicans stood for a principle when they adopted the ethics rule in 1993. They stood only for themselves and their own power when they repealed it last week. "