In an Oct. 13 editorial, the AJC called on Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to "look in the mirror first" on congressional ethics. Reid has been a friend and mentor to me for almost a decade. He is one of the most ethical men I know. Max Cleland was U.S. senator from Georgia from 1997 to 2003, and Georgia's secretary of state from 1983 to 1996. This story is simple. In 1998, Reid bought land. In 2004, he sold it. For the six years in between, he told everyone — including Congress — that he owned the land. The...