The real scandal, former New Republic
editor Michael Kinsley once said, is not what’s illegal but what’s
legal. The saga of Phil Puckett provides further evidence for that
thesis. As A. Barton Hinkle explains, Puckett, a Democrat, was
apparently enticed to resign from the Virginia State Senate and
thereby hand control of the body over to Republicans. What enticed
him? According to emails recently obtained by a Freedom of
Information Act request, Republican Del. Terry Kilgore, chairman of
the state’s tobacco commission, reached out to Puckett “to discuss
potential roles(s) for you as an employee of the Commission.” In
other words, Puckett might have sold the power of his office for
personal gain.
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