> The terminologies you're using suggest somehow ranking him, or judging him. Fair point, bad writing on my part. Ok, really bad writing. But to go back to t

> The terminologies you're using suggest somehow ranking him, or judging him. Fair point, bad writing on my part. Ok, really bad writing. But to go back to the top of the thread, the discussion was about lessons to be learned. The fact that he get got off so lightly does teach us something about how much influence rich/powerful families have. You may think its obvious, but I think its a) a bit of an eye opener though most people won't admit it and b) good to be reminded of it. On the other hand, there are positive lessons to learn from his efforts in the senate. My point is that its important to learn all the lessons if your going to try to look at someone's life and learn them at all. Edit: Also, I'm not really a huge fan of treading softly just because someone has died. I'm not going to go around and bash the guy, but I think its good to have an honest discussion (at least here on HN, obviously not in other situations).