Talk about thread drift.... As the nation drifted from Ozzie and Harriet, and Jack and Jackie on to Ricki Lee and Jerry Springer and Bill and Hilary. What was known and what was concidered appropriate to report has changed. Political power, money and sex have been bedfellows through out history. It's the distribution of information that has changed the game, not the game itself. The demand for public officals to be above any appearance of reproach and to be willing to expose their families to the microscopic scrutiny of todays media will continue to cost us untold lost opportunities as highly qualified people refuse to run rather than go through the muck.