Her USA Today op-ed makes some good points, especially when she observes that:
... insider trading isn't the only corruption problem in Congress. Crony capitalism has run rampant for too long and is bankrupting our country. We need conflict of interest provisions on earmarks and other legislation to stop sweetheart land and construction deals.
Ideally, that should be a matter of bippartisan agreement, at least amongst those of us outside the Beltway. Inside the Beltway, of course, there's already bipartisan agreement on preserving the status quo when it comes to crony capitalism.
