Morality, politics, and character

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After reading the thread about Newt Gingrich I started thinking about how to some people morality and character plays a big part in politics. So tell me what you think and why you think it.

1)How important is the morality of a particular candidate to you? If there were two people running for office and the better qualified person, the person who could do the best job also was the least moral person, who would you vote for and why?

And for those of you who said you wouldn't vote for a person just because of moral and character issues:

2)Suppose you needed some surgery to save your life and the surgeon who is about to perform the surgery is not a very moral person. Would you cancel the surgery even if it might mean that you would die?

3)If you would let a skilled, experienced surgeon who has poor character operate on you and would not vote for the better qualified political candidate who has poor character, then explain why morality and character counts in #1 but not in #2.