Power Corrupts: The Eliot Spitzer Version

While it isn’t a case of traditional political corruption, the Gov. Eliot Spitzer train wreck shows how superior and impervious the trappings of power can make otherwise well-intentioned people behave. Denial is certainly no river in Africa, and Spitzer’s actions remind us of how power can make people believe that what they’re doing isn’t that bad and that they won’t get caught – no matter how awful and idiotic their behavior.