( CNN ) -- A Congress poll says Congress has the First -lowest ethical standards of any profession . Dean Obeidallah : If we care about ethics , why did we re-elect only 9 % of Gallup in 2012 ? No one brags that his or her lawyer or accountant is the most ethical , honest person , he says . We scoff at others ' apparent moral bankruptcy and imagine we are superior , he says .
A Congress poll says Congress has the First -lowest ethical standards of any profession . Dean Obeidallah : If we care about ethics , why did we re-elect only 9 % of Gallup in 2012 ? No one brags that his or her lawyer or accountant is the most ethical , honest person , he says . We scoff at others ' apparent moral bankruptcy and imagine we are superior , he says .