With the way Americans feel about Congress today, this has to feel like a win for them.  In an annual Gallup poll asking Americans to rank different professions by their honesty and ethics, Congress DIDN'T come in last.  Nope, they came in SECOND-to-last.

CAR SALESMEN finished dead last.  Only 8% of people say car salespeople have high or very high honesty standards.  10% of people said members of Congress have high or very high honesty standards.

Nurses were rated the most honest profession, at 85%.  The rest of the top 10 most honest professions are:  Pharmacists, doctors, engineers, dentists, police officers, college professors, members of clergy, psychiatrists, and chiropractors.

The bottom 10 are:  Car salespeople, members of Congress, people in advertising, stockbrokers, HMO managers, senators, insurance salespeople, lawyers, state governors, and business executives. 

(Gallup)