Good, clean, dirty, old corruption

We've all had the same reaction.

Says K-Lo at the National Review: "This Illinois Senate-seat news is outrageous and shameful. That said, it warms my heart. Finally, a political scandal you can talk to your children about. No room at the Mayflower. No myspace page. No Gay-American announcement. Just good and evil and money and power corrupting."

From Slate: As the old bulls retire from the Senate and Change with a capital C comes to Washington, it's quaint to see a throwback to 19^th- (or 20^th-) century money-grubbing. It's a little incredible that prostitutes weren't involved (or aren't yet, at least). Perhaps even more staggering is that the man at the center was so reckless while simultaneously aware of the advances in modern surveillance.