He walked it like he talked it. He had his faults, the everybody's a sinner and undeserving meme, for example. He might have been a bit of a dick, but he actually had unpaid for principles. Don't see that anymore. Pity.
It is unfortunate that the people best able to do the job in a moral manner are also least able to do the multitude of other nastiness that surviving as a president requires.
Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.