It’s hard to imagine that this member of Congress is squeaky clean.

The third Democrat to stumble was the Senate’s own Minority Leader, Harry Reid. The AP reported this week that Reid accepted free ringside seats to three boxing matches from the Nevada Athletic Commission as it was trying to influence his support for legislation to create a federal boxing commission. Whether Reid misunderstood the Senate gift rules or not, the rules warn specifically against accepting gifts if the giver may be trying to influence official action. This may have been just a slip-up for Reid, but it was a careless mistake by the leader of the party who wants to make Republicans out to be the corrupt ones.

A few timeless lessons to take away:

1. Those in glass houses should not throw stones. And NLPC’s Ken Boehm notes the obvious: that “the House and the Senate are glass houses” right now.

2. Those who get into trouble will nearly always look for a scapegoat. Mollohan and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi blame his trouble on “the National Legal and Policy Center, which engages in highly partisan attacks on Democrats.” Jefferson blames the FBI. And Harry Reid blames his own curiosity about the boxing industry.

To quote Cal Thomas, "You don't change Washington -- Washington changes you."  No one is 100% blameless in Washington, D.C, no matter how much integrity or faith they start out with. Even our congressional heroes have regrets about how they’ve handled situations in the past. So let’s cut out the silly self-righteousness and self-centeredness, prosecute members of both parties who break the law, and get back to debating the issues that the American people really care about.