21.   They cannot let loyalty to Gingrich skew their judgment about legislative vitality or about the ethics process that is not yet complete.

22.   Thompson supports an approach that would take the investigative phase of the ethics process out of the hands of active members.

23.   With this vote, Moynihan put his friendship with Packwood ahead of his duty to his constituents and the vitality of the ethics process.

24.   It escalated his rhetoric from characterizing Democrats as an embittered minority to accusing them of abusing the ethics process.