This was too good to pass up on a Thursday…

Back in 2006 when he was running for United States Senate, candidate Jon Tester promised that “…he’ll set an example — by asking a Montana judge to conduct an ethics audit of his office every year…”

It was right there on his campaign website in black and white. I can’t seem to find it now. But, luckily there are ways to find these things on the Web and then there are some folks who follow politics (like me) who keep copies of campaign promises on all the candidates, both Republican and Democrat.

Politicians are only as good as their word, right?

The “every year” ethics review has now become “latest ethics review for the current session of Congress” which means, for people who do not follow Congress very much; it is now being done every two years.

Are we heading down a slippery slope here, senator? Continue reading →