This is an article about the hush-money that Congressman Hastert paid to keep quiet about a past indiscretion - $3.5m.
http://www.wrex.com/story/30371422/2015/10/28/hastert-set-to-plead-guilty-in-hush-money-case My point in bringing this up is that I am an advocate of integrity in politics. The man made a past mistake, fine but it's the lying and the cover-up that I can't stand ('let him among us without sin cast the first stone').
The question for discussion - who would vote for a politician with 'average Joe' money?