Randy Cohen, The New York Times resident ethicist, joins The Takeaway to talk about his ethical beef of the week. Today it’s the amount of vacation Congress gets every year?four weeks for the Senate and five weeks for the House of Representatives. With health care reform hanging in the balance, he just can’t stomach their vacation plans, especially since they grant it to themselves.
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