The nagging question is: would it be corruption if it were right out in front and not done in the backroom or under the table? Is it still corruption if it is blatant and in your face?
Your Bro Would Make A Great Judge If You Vote Right
Quid pro quo is a political fact of life. Support for your measure will come at a cost of support for mine. That's not all that bad if it is done without compromise to principles of either party. If I'm ambivalent about your proposal and you're on the fence about mine, we harm no one if we help each other out.
But if it comes to an envelope of cash for a change in your position then we can all agree that is corruption. We also know that if there is a contract in the future that will make your company bushels of money in return for your vote that would be corruption. We realize that if your support is in return for a lucrative job for your wife and worthless step-son, that would be corruption.
Now, we've got a recalcitrant Democratic representative being wooed to vote for healthcare and coincidentally, his brother is getting a Presidential nomination to a federal judgeship. Maybe the brother is the best man for the job, but only the most biased observer would say that it doesn't have an odor about the transaction. It is unseemly at best and blatantly corrupt at the core.
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