It's a bitch to clean the drains, though

"When Tom [DeLay] and his bunch first ran, they campaigned against the cesspool in Washington. After a while they looked around and said, 'Hey, this isn't a cesspool, it's a hot tub,'" - Richard Viguerie, conservative bomb-thrower.

Hat tip: Sully.

See also the thoroughly depressing article in the Houston Chronicle from which this quote is taken.