What kind of person comes into mind when I say the word “honorable”? A fire fighter? A civil rights activist? A parent who sacrifices personal ambition for the sake of family?

Republican presidential candidate John McCain says that it’s corporate lobbyists who go to Congress to buy influence that are honorable.

I wish I were making this up, but it’s true. When evidence surfaced this week that the presidential campaign of John McCain has been thoroughly infiltrated by corporate lobbyists, John McCain responded to the revelations by declaring that it’s no big deal, because corporate lobbyists who cozy up to members of Congress are “honorable people”.

John McCain said of corporate lobbyists that “they’re honorable people, and I’m proud to have them as part of my team”.

There you have it straight from the lips of John McCain himself: Corporate lobbyists are part of the team of people trying to make John McCain President of the United States.

Sending John McCain to clean up Washington D.C. is like using a dirty diaper to wash the kitchen floor.