What politicians say about a government ethics issue is sometimes so devoid of a basic
understanding of government ethics that it's hard to believe that they
are not being willfully ignorant (i.e., not discussing ethics matters
with ethics professionals) or cynically disingenuous. If only there
could be some requirement that, before an official opens his or her
mouth to say something about government ethics, he or she actually
discussed the matter with someone who does understand it. Not any...