and john, a law student with policy, and thanks for everyone for being here. and so allison, why do we pay attention to these sex scandals? >> because it's a fun topic to talk about, and it's easy to understand. and in a political world where things are complicated and difficult, and sometimes really really sad, this is a good distraction, and it's something that is easily comprehen compree and fun to talk about more than anything. >> megan, is it just fun or a distraction or something that serves a greater purpose and we should be paying attention to? >> it doesn't matter. there are basically three kinds of failure that people can commit. you can commit a technical error where you don't know what you're doing, or a judgment error, but the third category is enormtive error, and it's a moral failing, and to rectify that, you need to prove that you know this is wrong and do what you need to do to correct it. 80% of americans say that immorality is wrong, and i think that makes sense. family is very important. and marriage is very important to society. so the public, it does re