"If the House of Representatives were a person, it would be blushing these days. Unfortunately, the House is beyond embarrassment... The place needs a good scrubbing, and that is what it would get if the leadership were somehow to embrace a set of rules changes put forward this week by several longtime members... It is strong medicine -- a stiff enough dose of salts that even a watered-down version would mark a major change in the ethical environment of Capitol Hill. ... something must be done to cleanse the House -- and this points the way." David Broder, The Washington Post , 12/08/05