It always strikes me as strange how the big scandals that bring shame on politicians (in all countries) are the peccadilloes - a bit of burglary, or messing around with a groupie and so forth. Or telling a few lies - and they're politicians, it's what they do for a living, and we knew that when we elected them. It's like getting a cat and whinging when it starts spraying on the furniture.

Blowing up meducal factories, carpet bombing countries you aren't even at war with, colluding in assassinations, shooting unarmed demonstrators - noone ever got impeached or sacked for the serious stuff.