The larger lesson: inevitable corruption of power; minimize power = minimize corruption

from: http://www.slate.com/id/2206433/

In an op-ed piece, the NYT's Timothy Egan
says that the complaint against Blagojevich "showed a man trolling the
depths of darkness," where nothing was sacred and anything could be
used for political and personal gain. "It would be somewhat comforting
if there were a larger lesson here, or a map out of the banality of
evil," writes Egan. "But there is no trend or modern twist, no evidence
of a greater criminal web, no overarching moral. Like a kid who beats
up old ladies just because he knows no other way, the allegations
against Blagojevich amount to what Fitzgerald called a crime spree, of
the political variety."