I'd rather those in Congress and state legislatures didn't commit adultery, gamble, fornicate, take campaign funds illegally, go to strip clubs, Playboy parties, sell our national security secrets, and the like. It shouldn't be too much to expect those who make the laws to live clean lives so their judgment isn't so impaired or depraved, rendering them subjects for bribery, or biasing them in favor of lobbies of those activities.
Corruption will always be among us but the lower the bar goes for behavior among those we elect, the more our society deteriorates.
"I'd rather those in Congress and state legislatures didn't commit adultery, gamble, fornicate, take campaign funds illegally, go to strip clubs, Playboy parties, sell our national security secrets, and the like. "
Well, that would be nice, and all, but it's highly unlikely to happen. People who seek political office are generally not folks who live a straight, narrow life. Lots of adultery and the like in the halls of our national and state legislatures.
Such things are personal flaws. Others, like illegal campaign funds, bribes, and giving up or selling national security secrets, fall into a different category altogether. Folks who do those things should go to jail.
Sexual laxity? Nah. While it's a bad idea, I'm afraid that we'd have empty legislatures if those who were not on the straight and narrow were disallowed such offices. It seems to come with the territory for folks who seek such offices.