Earlier this week
Rick Santorum said the ethics reform bill that passed the Senate was "a much tougher bill than I think anyone could have anticipated when we started this process."
The
Philadelphia Inquirer's Editorial Board seems to disagree:
It's official: The Senate believes it can fool all of the people all of the time.
Senators on Wednesday approved, 90-8, an ethics bill that should fool nobody. It's a watered-down, toothless attempt to address the recent lobbying scandals that resulted in one ex-congressman being hauled off to prison for taking bribes, and a Justice Department probe into the influence peddling of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
