Wilbur Mills was the long-time Speaker of the House, a Democrat from
Arkansas (YES! Arkansas!). He had an affair with exotic dancer Fanny
Foxe, "The Argentine Firecracker". Everything surfaced when the capitol
police found them splashing in the reflecting pool of the Washington
monument in the wee hours. Mills was drunk at the time. While his office
denied that he had a drinking problem, Jack Anderson reported that if
his staff said, "He can't speak with you now, he's on the floor", it was
never clear if Mills was on the floor of the House or the floor of his
office. In the next election after the scandal, Mills' had a challenger,
who used the slogan, "If you like liquor, sex and thrills, cast your
vote for Wilbur Mills". Mills won.