So maybe he's not exactly on message…

…but I can't really disagree with Steny Hoyer's take...

Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 House Democrat, said the Republicans, not lax regulations, were to blame for the ethics scandals. "It is not the rules that are the issue, it's the character of the players that is the issue here," Hoyer said in an interview. "That is what I want to focus on, the culture of corruption."

Bribery, after all, was against the rules when they took the bribes.