The Ethical Harry Reid. Practice Makes Perfect.

“I did nothing wrong.”

“Excuse me? What I did could be considered unethical?”

“Well, believe you me, I’ll never do that again.”

Reversing course, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid’s office acknowledged Wednesday night he misstated the ethics rules governing his acceptance of free boxing tickets and has decided to avoid taking such gifts in the future.

The Nevada senator still believes it was “entirely permissible” for him to accept ringside seats for three professional boxing matches in 2004 and 2005 from the Nevada Athletic Commission but has nonetheless decided to avoid doing so in the future, his office said.

“In light of questions that have been raised about the practice, Senator Reid will not accept these kinds of credentials in the future in order to avoid even the faintest appearance of impropriety,” spokesman Jim Manley said.

Shouldn’t a politician with over 20 years of experience have a better grasp of ethics?

Maybe he’s been practicing.

[Source: AP via Yahoo! News]