A. Barton Hinkle on How Handouts Corrupt All Governors

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is under fire
for doing special favors on behalf of Jonnie Williams and his
nutritional-supplement company Star Scientific. McDonnell’s defense
essentially boils down to this: “So what? He did the same for lots
of other companies, too.” But as A. Barton Hinkle observes, that
defense is not only an indictment of the former governor, it’s an
indictment of Virginia politics generally.

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