"Senator McCain is a leader in the Senate on ethics issues and campaign finance reform, " said Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of the watchdog group Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington.
Naomi Seligman Steiner, deputy director of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, says the rise of the Internet and 24-hour cable news has empowered the public with an "insatiable appetite" for scandal.