harvard law school and author of how money corrupts congress and a plan to stop it. professor, i ve been nervous and excited to talk to you. thank you for being here. great to be here. i m a fan of yours. me, too. of you. let s just leave that alone. the process of raising money, the amount of time that it takes, the proportion of a member of congress life that is taken up by the pursuit of campaign money in order to stay a member of congress. is the money process, itself, what corrupts or is it specifically about where the money comes from? i think it s both. the first thing to recognize is this corruption is not the kind of blagojevich corruption. this is not criminal activity. these are decent people trying to live in a terrible system. as they spend their time, 30% to 70% of their time trying to raise money, it begins to shape shift them and they re constantly aware how anything they might do affects their ability to raise money. leslie burn, a democrat from virginia d