Not to be too cheesy about government service, but watching the Senate Judiciary Committee as I just did, however casually (i.e. while multitasking)…Tom Coburn just strikes you quite often as the good-guy, citizen legislator who really cares about good ole things like (what is actually in) the Constitution and “integrity.” You know where he’s coming from, and he wants his opponents to be just as up front. Anyway, his presence both encourages you that such people are in public service and infuriates you that they get a lot of grief for that which encourages you–that he’s an actual true-to-life citizen legislator. Even if his colleagues want to make him not be.